Is it true Catholics are more into the passion of Christ & crucufixion then the Protestants?

Question

I mean i heard that Protestants tend to be into more of Jesus's teachings and resurrection whereas Catholics more into crucufixion, is this in a way true?

Answer 1

I think so.

Answer 2

I haven't heard this before. Catholics don't interpret the Bible literally, as Protestants do. Catholics take the Bible as an old account to be read with a critical eye but an open mind -- we interpret its words in context, not as a completely factual, historical document. So it is possible that Protestants could be stereotyped to be "more into" Jesus' teachings, because they often quote the Bible, while Catholics are less Bible oriented in this fashion. We all still adhere to Christ's teachings however.

As for being more into the crucifixion? It's possible, I suppose, but certainly not in an obsessive, sadistic fashion.

Answer 3

That's a bit of a simplification. Catholics are very aware that Jesus died for us - but so are most Protestants. The Catholic church is huge and contains just about every shade of opinion. Some Protestant groups have a strong attachment to a particular doctrine, but the differences are mainly political. What divides Christians is not so much what we believe, but what we think the other lot believes.

Answer 4

Sometimes you will hear a non-Catholic Christian make the point, "we worship a risen Christ" as one reason they object to crucifixes (the other, of course, being the "graven image" thing) and at the most have only empty crosses in their churches, homes, jewelry, etc.

Catholics also worship the risen Christ, but before He rose on the third day He suffered and died, sacrificing Himself "for us men and for our salvation". The Apostle Paul said, "I preach Christ and Him crucified". Christ's passion was suffered for us; one cannot correctly preach Christ without it.

It is quite natural for Catholics to meditate upon the passion, always with full awareness that Christ is risen, because He is sacramentally present with us in the Eucharist; "this is my body, which will be given up for you".

Emphasizing the risen Christ is certainly not wrong, but it was the passion that made the resurrection extraordinarily and uniquely significant.

Answer 5

This claim pertains to the Catholic Church's use of the crucifix in it's parishes and homes of Catholics. This is because of 1Cor 1:23(a) which tells us to "Preach Christ crucified".

Protestants, by virtue of Jesus' Resurrection, tend not so much to see the value in displaying the Crucifix.

Answer 6

I think this is in some sense true. I don't think Protestants neglect the meaning of the crucifixion, but instead see it in light of the implications it carries. Without resurrection, Jesus' passion is not complete.

Answer 7

as long as it remains on the screen and doesn't change their hearts. The same reason they keep traditions at the expense of transgressing the law. Catholics put tradition above the Word. Protestants tend to put their own understanding above the Word. I suggest you take part in neither and just believe the Word.

Answer 8

I don't think so.
I'm protestant and at Bible study, we always learn about the Crucifixion. The Crucifixion is also a lesson being learned. So I don't really think that catholics are more into the Crucifixion that Protestants.

Answer 9

True.

Catholics (at least the devout ones) spend *lots* of time meditating on the Passion. Those who regularly say the rosary usually meditate on the five "mysteries of the Passion" every three days (with other mysteries the other two days).

Answer 10

I don't think so. The Crucifixion is a major part of any Christian beliefs.

Answer 11

For the most part yes, but both aspects are important to both sects