Does Mormon believe in the same stuff as Cathiloc?

Answer 1

Well organizationally they are similar but are different theologically.

Catholics don't believe like protestants that they are saved by grace alone, but good works are essential. Mormons more agree with Catholics on this than Protestants. Eastern Orthodox believes in this too. Only protestants believe in grace only.

Catholics believe in the edicts of the pope and traditions of the church are more important than the bible. Mormons believe in a living prophet, and new revelation like the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price along with the bible.


Catholics believe in the trinity as stated in the Nicene creed that The Father, The Son and Holy Ghost are three separate being but are one in substance and essence. Most protestants believe in this doctrine too.
Mormons believe in the Godhead, The Father, The Son and Holy Ghost are three separate being but are one in purpose and compromise the Godhead.


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Answer 2

Not in the least!
LDS believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, that the Book of Mormon is true and divinely inspired, that God was once a man who progressed to godhood through keeping the laws and ordinances of the Mormon Church, and that the Mormon Church was divinely established. Catholics believe none of the above. LDS believe that God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are three separate entities. Catholics believes in the Trinity. LDS have 4 holy books - KJV Holy Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price. Catholics have one - Holy Bible.

Answer 3

Nope. A simple example: Mormons do not believe that the Pope is Christ's vicar. Nor do we believe in transubstantiation or the Trinity.

Answer 4

Scripture:

Most Christians accept only the Bible as authoritative scripture.

Mormons believe the Bible is sacred. They add three other documents--The Pearl of Great Price, The Doctrine and Covenants, and The Book of Mormon--to their canon.

Creeds:

For most Christians, church teachings stem from scripture. Leaders of the early church sought to specify the core of Christian belief in order to ensure the soundness of Christian teaching. At meetings in Nicea and Chalcedon in the fourth and fifth centuries, these leaders established the canon of scripture and proclaimed the basic elements of acceptable Christian doctrine.

ormons do not affirm any of the creeds as stated, though they share some of the theological ideas in the creeds. They believe that after the death of the early apostles, the Christian church fell into apostasy. The church needed to be restored in the latter days, which Mormons believe were begun in 1820, when Mormon founder Joseph Smith was visited by God the father and Jesus Christ.

Nature of Godhead:

For most Christians, the Godhead is composed of three persons of one substance, power, and eternity-the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. These Three are One. This triune God is without "body, parts or passions."

The LDS Church also teaches that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost comprise the Godhead. But Mormons believe that God the Father and Jesus Christ have bodies of flesh and bones as tangible as human beings, while the Holy Ghost "is a personage of Spirit." Mormonism also teaches that God the Father was once a man. He is married to a "heavenly mother" and is the literal father of all mortal spirits.

Christ:

Most Christians believe that Jesus Christ was "truly God and truly man, in whom the divine and human natures are perfectly and inseparably united." He is the only begotten Son of the Father, born of the Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Mormons believe that Jesus is the Son of God in the most literal sense. He is eldest brother of all mortals and firstborn spirit child of God. He was Jehovah of the Old Testament but became Jesus Christ of the New Testament when he was born into mortality. They believe that from Mary, a mortal woman, he inherited the capacity to die, and from God, an exalted being, he inherited the capacity to live forever.

Salvation:

According to the historic, apostolic Christian faith, salvation comes only by the grace of Christ, who "suffered, was crucified, died and was buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual sins of men."

Mormons also believe that salvation comes through Christ's atoning sacrifice. But they don't believe in "original sin" or in human depravity. Still, Latter-day Saints believe that fallen men and women do need redemption. And while works are a necessary condition, they are insufficient for salvation.

Answer 5

Not sure what Catholics believe other than holy trinity. But this is what I think the Mormons believe in a nutshell.
1. We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.
3. We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
4. We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
5. We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
7. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
8. We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
11. We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul--We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

Answer 6

No they are distinctly different and in some instances diametrically oppose each other. For Instance: Mormons use water for Communion after the Melchesideck priesthood of the Old Testament. Catholics use wine after Christ the High Priest for all time in commemoration of his body and blood at Calvary's Cross. Catholics sprinkle for Baptism, Mormons do full body submersion. Catholics pray to saints, Mormons don't and have no religious icons what so ever!

Answer 7

Both believe in the Golden Rule. All the other differences are not important.

Answer 8

Does it matter?

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Answer 9

absolutely not. Catholics believe that Jesus is God. Mormons do not. This is the bottom line. The other things are too many to describe.

Answer 10

No. LDS and the Catholic Church share similar beliefs, but we differ on some key issues.