RePhrase: Roman Catholic Church is the 'mother' church?

Question

are ALL christian denominations are sects of the Roman Catholic Church.

a LOT of great answers, keep em comming

Answer 1

I guess that is pretty much true. the word catholic means something pretty much to that effect. And to all you chrisytians who deny any connection or decendency to the Roman Catholic Church the beginning is rooted on the old testament and then the teachings of Jesus on earth. You have decended. BTW...
Those RC's are the ones that tried to wipe out all traditional native religion all over the world?

Answer 2

Are you asking the question because you really want to know? or just trying to bash the Catholic Church. The whole idea of the Church being the Mother of harlots is misunderstanding of Scripture by many non-Catholic churches The book 'Coming Soon" unlocking the Book of Revelation by Michael Barber is an excellent source of Truth If the Catholic Church is false then so is all of Christianity. Jesus said that His Church [the Catholic Church] would never fall into apostasy saying specifically that the gates of hell would not prevail against it. The Bible says the Church is the Pillar and ground of the Truth The Bible says that the Church is the authority for the entire Christian Faith Matt 18:17 and if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the Church, but if he neglects to hear the Church then let him be unto thee as a heathen and a publican Obviously to reject Christ's own Church is to reject Christ God Bless

Answer 3

Know this: The Catholic church is nowhere near being the 'mother' church. And all christian sects are not of or from the roman catholic church. They are so many because they do not agree with the catholic teachings nor ways they do things. simple as.

Answer 4

That depends on what you mean by 'mother' church

In Christianity, the term mother church or motherchurch is used in three forms. In the first, it is used as a title of distinction for churches established originally as the first mission of a particular region. In the second form, mother church is a title of distinction based on the church's hierarchical importance. A third form relates to the churches of the various religious orders, royal orders or civic orders.

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, representing around half of all Christians, and is the largest organized body of any world religion. The term 'Roman Catholic' seems to have appeared on the scene in the 17th century and is considered by many to be a condescending term (according to the Catholic encyclopedia) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm

There are three principal branches in Catholicism which traces its origins to the original Christian community allegedly (apart from the Bible, there is no historical evidence for the existence of a man named Jesus Christ) founded by Jesus Christ and spread by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter.

As such, I would say all Christian denominations are sects of the Catholic Church in that they have all splintered off due to disputes in doctrinal matters.

The only possible exception I can think of would be the ancient Gnostic Christians (or Fathers of the Church).

The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church is a term used in Catholic and Orthodox forms of Christianity to refer to the early and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church.

The study of the Fathers is known as Patristics.

There is no evidence of ancient Gnostic Christians using this term for their leaders. Nonetheless modern people sometimes refer to the early teachers of Gnosticism as Fathers of Gnosticism, by analogy to the orthodox use. The term is generally not meant to include the apostles or New Testament authors. The very earliest Church Fathers, of the first two generations after the apostles of Christ, are usually called the Apostolic Fathers. Since the Gnostics are considered heretics by the orthodox churches, Gnostics are not considered fathers of the church by the orthodox churches.

To me, the Bible makes a lot more sense if it one considers the nature of gnosticism, whether it is within Christianity or other religions.

Answer 5

Depends on who you talk to.

Some say that the Roman Catholic Church is a splinter from the original Orthodox Church.

So by that light, if that is true, No, it isn't.

If on the other hand, you believe that the Orthodox Church came from the Roman Catholic Church, then Yes it is.

However, as Orthodox Churches and worship has been going on longer that Roman Catholic churches and worship, I suspect that it isn't true.

After all the Emperor who started the 'church' by deciding what was going to be in the bible, started the Orthodox Church, not the Roman one that came after they 'split' over ideological feuds.

Answer 6

The Roman church was the ruling church of the middle ages in Western Europe, but the Reformation changed that. God called his people out of the Papal church and the people of the protestant churches came out of the mother catholic church. These were the forerunners of the non catholic churches we see today. There were also churches that worshiped a more pure form of Christianity who never aligned themselves with the Papal Church.
But these churches which developed after the split, are far from their pure beginnings and so God is calling his people out once again.
"Fear God in and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth and sea and the fountains of waters" REV 14:7
This is a direct quote from the 4th Commandment.

Answer 7

Before the Catholic church existed there were churches already. Jesus himself is not a Catholic but He is Jewish. In fact to put it clearly the Catholic church comes from Judaism thus we can call the Catholic's tradition as Jewish Christian. If we talk about Christians it is then the Catholic Church who is the mother of all churches. But please be clarified that not all Christian groups are churches. Some are just simply called sect. Churches are those who have apostolic succession (that is in terms of Christian churches). There are non-catholic churches that have an apostolic succession and they are in communion with the Catholic church. Now other churches has the right to call themselves Churches, it will depend now on how each group understand. Basically the Catholic church is the beginning of all other Christian churches.

Answer 8

Almost.

+ Many Catholic Churches +

There are actually several Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Pope in addition to the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition
+ Coptic Catholic Church
+ Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
+ Maronite Church
+ Syrian Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:
+ Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
+ Chaldean Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malabar Church

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
+ Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
+ Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
+ Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
+ Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
+ Melkite Greek Catholic Church
+ Romanian Church
+ Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Ruthenian Catholic Church
+ Slovak Greek Catholic Church
+ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

+ Eastern Orthodox Churches +

The Eastern Orthodox Churches also hold a special position.

Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics separated from one another in 1054. There are very few theological differences. The main difference is that the Eastern Orthodox Churches (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11329a.htm) use the Byzantine Rite (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04312d.htm) and the Roman Catholic Church use the Roman or Latin Rite.

Pope John Paul II said of the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Orientale Lumen, "A particularly close link already binds us. We have almost everything in common." (see http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_02051995_orientale-lumen_en.html )

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 9

Almost all (Rev.17:5)christian denominations and non-denominations come from the Catholic Church except for one non-denominational church (Eph.5:27; 4:4; Acts 20:28) that is without blemish {that means it does not follow any Catholic teachings}.

Roman Catholic Church (mother church): see this site for your answer.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Are8dEXDvj10KGCs.zKF6Vjty6IX?qid=20070516093647AAg2g9p&show=7#profile-info-idtZhsseaa
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Mostly (Rev.17:5)"Mother of Harlots" means it has "daughters" that are following the church's beliefs. Many don't know that the Catholic Church has "casted all the true doctrines to the ground and replaced them with false ones(Dan.8:12).

For example:

CATHOLIC CHURCH--
Trinity, Going to heaven, Rapture, Jesus's Death Friday and Resurrection Sunday, Worship Sunday, Pagan Feast Days and etc.

SUNDAY CHURCHES--
Follow the same beliefs.

SDA(Seventh Day Adventists)--
Trinity, Going to Heaven, Pagan Feast Days, Jesus's Death Friday and Resurrection Sunday.

OTHER SABBATH CHURCHES--
One or more of the Catholic Doctrines.

JEHOVAH WITNESSES--
Jesus's Death Friday and Resurrection Sunday

I only know one church that isn't following the Catholic Church and that is The Living Church of God.(Eph.5:27; Acts 20:28)
http://lcg.org

As I show you; you will see the teachings of the Catholic Church and the true church down below.
The two Babylons in simplest form (pictures)
http://family.webshots.com/photo/2323904630051497771zfKXVS
http://family.webshots.com/photo/2805094620051497771MjqHdb
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Answer 10

They are denominations, not sects. A sect is still CAtholic (follow the Holy Father, infant baptism) but have different rites and languages. Some Christian churches have cartwheeled away from the tree like a maple seed in the wind. They don't follow all the doctrines of the Catholic church, and sometimes outright flame her. I guess children at times flame their mother, though, if that's the sort of analogy you're getting at. I'd say that we are all related in that case. She has many wild animals under her protection.