Which christian group is more into the Bible and scriptures. and Why do Catholics seem more relaxed about it.?

Answer 1

You'll find that most of the Biblical literalists are Protestant Fundamentalists. You won't find as much heavy Bible-quoting from, say, Episcopalians and Unitarians as you will from groups like the Baptists or Pentecostals. The Roman Catholic Church does regard Scripture as very important, but is not a "Sola Scriptura" church in the same way that some Protestant groups are.

Answer 2

The Free Churches, including Methodist, Pentecostal and Baptist, are normally regarded as the most scripturally bound. Most of these curches have house groups which meet regularly for prayer and bible study, as well as to support each other in the faith. All of these churches follow the central tenet of Martin Luther who believed that all of the Christian faith and teaching should be linked to only that which can be found in scripture (sola scriptura).

The Roman Catholic church however has a different history, whereby the only person permitted to read from and comment upon the scripture was the priest. That is why the majority of services, including the Mass, was always conducted in Latin. That way the priesthood was set at an epistemic distance from the congregation of worshippers and the words of the priest became holy writ.

It was only in the 1960s, following Vatican 2, that services were allowed to be held in a country's native tongue but, with almost two thousand years of doctrine and dogma to overturn, the Catholic church is still a little way behind the rest of hte Christian community when it comes to scriptural commentary and exhortation.

Answer 3

It is not a group thing. Every church gets into the Bible and scriptures, including the Catholics. What the church does is encourage its congregation to follow up by reading more. Most, regardless of denomination and group will not, even though they intend to.

Getting more into the Scriptures is a personal thing. You go to church and pray and read the Bible to develop a PERSONAL, not group, relationship with God. You do this ON YOUR OWN and with a smaller group, like a study group, to live your life in a way that pleases God.

Answer 4

I am a Roman Catholic and I was brought up to know the Scriptures pretty well. I get quite annoyed when people make assumptions that Catholics do not read the scriptures. There are a great many Catholics who regularly read/say Daily Prayer which draws heavily on Scripture and attend Mass daily where the readings are taken from both the Old and New Testament. Members of Religious Communities, nuns, priests, monks, brothers, sisters and some lay people daily recite Lauds, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline etc from the Divine Office which is mainly Scriptorial.

Answer 5

I don't really know what you mean by "into" the Bible and scriptures, but here goes. There are MANY Protestant Fundamentalist sects, which many people give the deragatory term "Bible thumpers" - that are very "into" the Bible. BUT, that does them NO good whatsoever - because (the vast majority of) their theology and their doctrines are false. They can be into the Bible all they want, but when they make the Bible "say" what it doesn't mean, it profits them nothing or very, very little.

There is but only ONE church that contains the whole truth. As the Bible itself states in Epesians 4:5 "one Lord, ONE FAITH, one baptism." This means that there is ONE faith, one doctrine - and not thousands upon thousands who all differ on simple matters of theology. This one true church is the church that you made your remark about, and that is the Catholic Church. The Holy Catholic Church contains the truth and the true interpretation of Scripture. Now, with that being said, do the majority of Catholics know their faith and Scripture as they should? - No, they don't. That is why I encourage all to read Scripture, the early Church Fathers and Church Tradition. Basically, just study, study then study some more because trust me, there is coming a time when you will need it.

EDIT ((moosemose)) -- Uh, did you just make all that garbage up yourself or was the devil whispering it in your ear. The outrageous claims that you have made are some of the most riduculous that I have heard in a while, and I have heard just about everything. People like you who add things that aren't there to Papal Bulls and also try to make fallible statements into infallible ones is one of the big reasons why so many folks out there don't know what to think about the true Church of the Living God. I suggest that you give up your sherade and submit to the authority of Christ and His Church. {{ one thing you said is true, though - the Catholic Church has condemned Freemasonry because it is one of the most wicked organizations in the world today }}

Answer 6

Due to the fact that these
Christians use the Protestant Old Testament which is lacking 7 entire books 2 (Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus/Sirach, Baruch, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees), 3 chapters of Daniel and 6 chapters of Esther may be one of the reasons they ask catholics so many questions.

For the Sola Scriptura this is too bad .
In the 16th c., Luther removed those books from the canon that lent support to orthodox doctrine, relegating them to an appendix. Removed in this way were books that supported such things as:

prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45),

Purgatory (Wisdom 3:1-7),

intercession of dead saints (2 Maccabees 15:14),

and intercession of angels as intermediaries (Tobit 12:12-15).

The lesson, though, is this: relying on the "Bible alone" is a bad idea; we are not to rely solely on Sacred Scripture to understand Christ's message. While Scripture is "given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16-17), it is not sufficient for reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness. It is the Church that is the "pillar and ground of Truth" (1 Timothy 3:15)! Jesus did not come to write a book; He came to redeem us, and He founded a Sacramental Church through His apostles to show us the way. It is to them, to the Church Fathers, to the Sacred Deposit of Faith, to the living Church that is guided by the Holy Spirit, and to Scripture that we must prayerfully look.

I think from now on every question regarding Catholic traditions, I am going to be lazy and just copy and paste the above answer......

any further questions, try this website:

http://www.fisheaters.com/beingcatholic....

Answer 7

Catholics are more relaxed about reading the Bible because they are the oldest continuing form of Christianity that exists. They were around BEFORE the bible and the Council of Nicea (an early form of the Vatican) compiled all the books that made the bible.

Christianity existed for nearly 400 years without a Bible, but the Church was there the whole time. Jesus did not found a Bible reading Church. There was no Bible to read.

Answer 8

The Bible is the only book that Christians are to follow. As such, the church of Christ, as established in 33 AD, speaks where the Bible speaks and is silent where the Bible is silent. We use no man-made creeds or rulings. We do not change the Bible to suit today's society.

We are not affiliated with any denomination but, instead, seek only to be Christians.

Each congregation is governed by its own elders, in harmony with the New Testament. We have no central headquarters or president. The head of the church is none other than Jesus Christ himself (Ephesians 1:22-23).

It is the Word of God that unites us into One Faith (Ephesians 4:3-6). We follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and his holy Apostles, and not the teachings of man. We are Christians only!

Answer 9

Catholic church doesnt encourage their followers to read the bible just to listen to the priest preach in Mass and do what they are told and dont question, that way its easier to control the people.

Remember it wasnt that long ago that the Catholics were saying the Mass in Latin.....so as the people couldnt even understand what was going on.

Answer 10

Catholics always listened to Scripture, but are now encouraged to read themselves and they do.
One reason was after the Reformation, the Catholic Church had to make a fortress around itself for protection.
With the Enlightenment came emancipation, things are different now. Hope this helps.