whats the different between a christians and a catholic?

Answer 1

A Catholic is a Christian.

A Christian is anyone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.....thus the name.

Answer 2

The difference is that Christians believe that the only way to heaven is Jesus Christ the Son of God.

Catholics worship Mary and dead saints. Never be deceived into thinking that the Catholic church does. They believe we you must go to Mary to talk to God on your behalf when the Bible clearly says that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Light. No one comes to the Father except through Jesus.

Catholics also believe that you can pray to the "dead saints" which is necromancy and forbidden by the Bible.

Catholics also believe that the "host" actually tuns into the actual Body and Blood of Jesus. Therefore Catholics kill Christ every Sunday, then become cannibals and eat the flesh.

Also, they believe in purgatory which is strictly taught against in the Bible. It says that it is appointed unto man to die ONCE, then the Judgment. No serving time in purgatory.

They also believe the pope is infallible. Hello, he is a man, capable of of making mistakes.

And they believe that water can be used to anoint, the Bible says use oil.

Answer 3

Catholicism is a kind of Christianity. Catholics are the ones with the Pope and Confession and really big cathedrals; Christians are (more or less) anybody who believes Jesus was God. If you live in the US South or Midwest, you might have encountered Christian fundamentalists who say Catholics "aren't really Christian" - this is not a widely held view.

Answer 4

I was raised a Catholic, Since i decided more I went Protestant.
I joined an baptist, then a Pentecostal church. Wow was in for an education. I realized it's all dogma. that people long ago deciphered the bible for themselves and read into it what they wanted to believe.
I've spoken in tongues and seen a miracle.
But then I walked away.
Because I realized we are all who we need to be. I realized that religion that is good, but finding out that God loved me no matter what is good enough for me.
Protestants will never put Catholics into their dogma of "christian" and neither witll the Catholics. In the end it depends on what you believe.

Answer 5

"What separates us as believers in Christ is much less than what unites us." (Pope John XXIII)

Almost all important doctrine is completely agreed upon between Catholic Christians and other Christians.

Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):

By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-declaration_en.html

There are many minor doctrine issues and some major cultural traditional differences which, I believe, do not matter that much.

A Catholic worships and follows Christ in the tradition of Catholicism which, among other things, recognizes that Christ made Peter the leader of His new Church and Pope Benedict XVI is Peter's direct successor.

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

There is no difference. Catholics are Christians. As the old saying goes, all Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics. The Roman Catholic Church is, statistically speaking, the largest denomination within Christianity.

Answer 7

Catholic is a subset of Christian and the origin of all the others, Catholic is Christian but not all Christians are Catholic.

Answer 8

Good question, many people have trouble deciphering the differences between the two. To help understand this answer think of the animals.

We know that anything that moves, breathes and is physically alive is an animal. Within the "Animal" Kingdom, there are birds, humans, reptiles etc..

The same goes for Christianity.

Christianity represents the living word. Christianity is the indisputed fact that Jesus Christ was sent by god from heaven to redeem man kind for all of our sins. If you believe in this, than you are a christian.

However after this main belief there are many secondary doctrines. Secondary doctrines are similar to the classes in the animal kingdom such as birds and humans...

Within christianity there are catholics and protestants and lutherans and many others. Catholics for example believe the pope is infallable as he has been choosen via divine intervention to rule the christian people. Catholics also believe in praying to saints and the belief that Mary is a sacred and holy figure.

Other sects of christianity might no believe these doctrines but have their own. They are considered christian regardless however because all believe the primary doctrine that Jesus Christ is our saviour.


Now if you don't mind me throwing my own two cents in....

As a Christian, there is no reason to be divided and separate ourselves into who is catholic and whose lutheran etc...

In the bible when Jesus is talking to the pharisees he says (i don't remember word for word but i know its in there :) )

"How can the devil cast out one of his own. For if the devil is divided against himself he cannot stand."

The same is true for christianity, we must not be divided, because through division of ourselves we cannot stand as christians. This basically refers to the fact that a christian is tempted and needs others for support, accountability. If everyone were divided and fought against each other because of negligible beliefs we will not be faithful to God. and that my friend is not cool.

The main thing you need to know is Just Praise God!!!

Answer 9

catholics are christians. as for the differences in denominations the answers will vary. go to a catholic church anywhere in the world and you will be taught the same thing, go to for example a baptist church in your town then go to a baptist church in a neigbouring town or other country you will get taught different things, not picking on baptists this applies to other denominations but baptist was the first to come to mind. for what catholics believe here are some sites as i am sure the misconceptions from non catholics have tainted what we actually believe.

www.scripturecatholic.com
www.catholiceducation.org
www.fisheaters.com
www.ewtn.com
www.newadvent.org

for other christian denominations the only site i can of is www.beliefnet.com
i am not going to try discredit other faiths or offer what they practice in my opinion as that wouldn't be fair to them.

Answer 10

Catholics are Christians. In fact, they were the very first Christians and compiled the books of the New Testament. It was more than 1,000 years later that the first Protestants or 'protestors' broke away from Catholicism to start the Church of England and Lutheran Church which are very similar in their beliefs and practices. From that chism in faith the other protestant churches split until now we have some churches that are almost in direct opposition to the original.

Answer 11

Roman Catholics are considered Christians. So are Protestants. They have very different theology about many things. The primary one in my view is over salvation.

Catholics believe you have to earn your salvation, your way into Heaven by doing good works.

Protestants believe that there is no way possible you can earn your way into Heaven. Salvation is a free gift offered to us by Jesus Christ for those who believe.

Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary (who is no longer a virgin), and to other saints. Protestants pray to God alone, not Mary or one of the saints.

There are other differences as well. Those are the first two that come to mind.