2007-06-14 07:00:31 · 12 answers · asked by werewolf 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Catholics _are_ Christians. Catholic and Orthodox were the only two big games in town from the 11th to the 15th centuries.
2007-06-14 07:04:34 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholic or otherwise. I don't know exactly which other forms of Christianity existed back then - but anyway, Christianity is a collective word for all the religions based on the bible, of which Catholicism is one.
Most of Europe at that time were Catholic, the Protestant church only started up in the 1500's (the late middle ages) thanks to Martin Luther.
2007-06-14 14:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where the churches are and on your definition of Catholic.
The division with the Eastern rite resulted in various orthodox Christian churches, who consider themselves Catholic, but not Roman Catholic.
By the way, Catholicism is one denomination of Christianity. It is not Catholic OR Christian, it is Catholic AND Christian.
The Lutheran and Anglican Reformations mark the beginning of "protestantism" and hence the division in labeling between Catholic and "other Christians."
2007-06-14 14:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by Linda R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The churches were Catholic AND Christian. Catholic is not a subsection or denomination, it is Christianity in its original form.
2007-06-14 14:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by The Raven † 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Catholic is a sub-set of Christian.
2007-06-14 14:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were mostly Catholic. At that time, most modern "Christian" religions had not been estalished. Christianity is actually a word later created to group the modern spin offs Catholisism into a group that can be easily understand in census terms. Judaism is the only monotheistic "God" worshipping religion that isn't grouped into this catagory, I believe this is because it came before Catholisism.
2007-06-14 14:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by Misa Lynne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both churches existed at that time. Catholicism is definately not Christianity. A person can be saved who is Catholic, but it would be in spite of what the Catholic church teaches, not because of it.
Irreconcilable Differences: Catholics, Evangelicals, and the New Quest for Unity
http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/ECTDOC.HTM
Under "C"
http://www.biblebb.com/mac-a-g.htm
2007-06-14 14:08:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There were BOTH. Catholic is Christian.
2007-06-14 14:04:35 · answer #8 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the Christian faith obviously started with Christ. They weren't super organized until Constantine came along. Then there was one church which went into the dark ages. THEN the church couldn't agree on whether to speak Greek or Latin in mass, so they split into the Catholic and the Orthadox faith. And then Martin Luther came along and got mad and hammered a bunch of stuff in the door and then he broke off and then Henry wanted a divorce so he split, then Caliven and Wesely came along...well you get the idea.
2007-06-14 14:06:04 · answer #9 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, all Catholics SHOULD be Christians, while not all Christians are Catholics. I'm gonna take a wild guess that you meant Protestant. They were Catholics.
2007-06-14 14:21:04 · answer #10 · answered by Defender of Freedom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋