what are the differences between baptisits and roman catholics?

Answer 1

The Roman Catholics elevate Mary in their worship. Catholics also believe in intercessaries in their worship. Baptist believe that every man can boldly come before God's throne, because they were washed by the blood of the Lamb.

Catholics also have many idols, and icons in their worship. Which goes against the 10 Commandments.

Answer 2

There are many versions of Baptist. Not just one. There is no "Baptist Church" hierarchy...each church is it's own ruler. This means that anyone can start a Baptist Church. Look at Fred Phelps and his gang...the refer to themselves as Westboro Baptist Church.

But the main differences in the generic baptist religion is that they are your basic Protestant religion. They believe in Christ. They believe that the Bible is the sole authority. They worship on Sunday and have a service on Wednesday evenings. I went to a Baptist school and I can say that most truly love God.

I am Roman Catholic. We have a different perspective because we are the original Christian Church, over 2000 years old. Our faith predates the compilation of the New Testament, so there is an element of sacred tradition that also defines our beliefs. Nothing we do ever goes against scripture. We also have the Pope who is the head of our Church. He upholds the teachings, scripture and traditions that have been part of us for 2000 years. He keeps Catholicism from falling into secularism.

We do not worship Mary.
We do not worship Saints.

We have the Eucharist which is a miracle. The Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. We receive him each week as he commanded us to do. Baptists do not.

There is really just too much to write out here. There are many many websites, Catholic apologetics which explain the beliefs and practices of the Catholic church and why they are biblical.

Here's a good one for starters: http://www.davidmacd.com/catholic/index2.htm

Answer 3

To name just a few of many differences, the Baptists do not recognize the authority of the Roman Catholic Pope. They only observe two sacraments (Baptism and the Lord's Supper) instead of the seven sacraments of Catholicism. Baptists do not venerate Mary or the saints. Baptists do not practice infant baptism, but the Roman Catholics will administer the sacrament of baptism to both infants and adult converts. The conversion process is quite different in each church. Most Baptists are "Sola Scriptura" Christians, believing in the Bible alone as the standard of faith, whereas Catholics also believe in the historical teachings and traditions of the Catholic Church.

Answer 4

"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.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

Baptist are protestant, Roman Catholics are Catholics. There are so many differences in their beliefs, I can only name a few in this space.

Catholics:
1. Pray through Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as all the Christians they consider to be Saints.

Christians:
1. Pray only through Jesus the Messiah, the bible says there is only one mediator between God and man, and that is Jesus Christ. The bible also says no one comes to the Father, except through Jesus Christ. The Bible also says that all Christians are Saints.

Catholics:
1. Took out the second commandment because it spoke against their desire to have statues of Saints and Mother Mary, which they bow down to and kiss and so forth as they pray through them.

Christians:
1. Bow down only to the invisible God of Abraham, and the ten commandments are the same as they were when they came down from the mountain.

Catholics:
1. Believe you must do a life of works in order to reach a closeness to God, along with believing in Jesus Christ.

Christians:
1. Believe Jesus did it all on the cross, and we can add nothing to God's free gift of salvation.

Let me recommend that you do a diligent study of the Reformation. Martin Luther, Tyndale, Wycliffe, and such. These are some of the great men of God that stood against the false teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

God be with you,
Evangelist, William M. Butler
Grace Evangelistic Ministry



P.S. Reading the Bible is discouraged by the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 6

There are many differences. Here are some.
Baptism....Catholics believe that babies should be baptized...whereas Baptists believe you should make that decision when you're old enough to choose.

Baptists do not like the way Catholics venerate Mary (the Mother of Jesus).

Catholics believe in Purgatory...where you go when you die to await heaven. Baptists believe you go to heaven directly upon death.

Baptists view communion symbolically, and Catholics believe in partaking of the bread as the literal body of Christ, and the wine, as the literal blood of Christ.

Catholics before they are able to partake of confession, believe in verbally confessing their sins to the priest (who REPRESENTS Christ). Baptists don't believe in the need for a 'middle man' - preferring to confess their sins privately to Jesus directly in prayer.

I prefer to see the similarities. Both believe in the virgin birth, that Jesus lived on the earth and died for their sins (as the link to man and God the Father), that Jesus rose again and that God sent the Holy Spirit to the earth to comfort/guide mankind (He lives here with us now), and that Christ is coming again to judge the living and the dead.

Answer 7

There really is not difference they are both mixed up and don't follow the bible. Duh!
The Catholics are at the front line of wars with their priest blessing them meanwhile they are killing their own people and going against God's command to not murder -- INTERESTING!
The Baptist do the same!
Did Jesus not say those who take the sword will die by the sword? and when Peter cut the ear of the guard off did Jesus not tell him to put his sword away?
These religions are hypocrites.

Answer 8

a quicker way would be what arent the differences between catholics and baptists. Everything from Salvation to Communion and way way beyond

Answer 9

Baptists believe in Sola Scripture.
The phrase sola scriptura is from the Latin: sola having the idea of "alone," "ground," "base," and the word scriptura meaning "writings" - referring to the Scriptures. Sola scriptura means that Scripture alone is authoritative for the faith and practice of the Christian. The Bible is complete, authoritative, and true. "All Scripture is 'God breathed' (given of inspiration of God) and is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, instruction in righteousness..." (2 Timothy 3:16).

Sola scriptura was the rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation. For centuries the Roman Catholic Church had made its traditions superior in authority to the Bible. This resulted in many practices that were in fact contradictory to the Bible. Some examples are prayer to saints and/or Mary, the immaculate conception, transubstantiation, infant baptism, indulgences, and papal authority to mention a few. There are many more differences, but too many to list here.

Answer 10

There are way too many to mention here, but I'm sure someone will come up with an answer.