Is the Catholic religion considered to be "Christian"?

Question

Can someone tell me if it is true because many people feud about this and I want to know the truth.

Answer 1

Not by me... they have too far corrupted The Teaching of Jesus The Christ... and added way too much so-called"tradition".... They do not teach The Truth of The Salvation Message... that alone is enough to delcare them to not be Christian.

edit note: they are not the first by about three hundred years too late... and they have never been the only.... There is only ONE Church.... and the catholics aint it... not by a long shot.

Answer 2

Christian means belief in Christ. Yes. It was the first organized Christian religion. All other Christian dominations have their roots in Catholicism starting with Martin Luther, then King Henry VIII. Wiki the Reformation it's a totally awesome piece of history.

BTW the Catholic Church has not changed its dogma in the past 2000 years. In Vatican Two they changed many things (such as holding mass in only Latin to the local language) but the dogma remained the same. Most of the Christian sects however change their dogma over time. (A good example of this is their stance on birth control)

Just so you know we don't worship the saints or Mary. If we worship saints and statues, non-Catholics worship angels. Why else would you have statues around? (The argument goes both ways.) We have never worshiped Mary. We give her the respect the mother of God deserves and treat her as the heavenly mother of all people. No worship of Mary is permitted. We do not worship the Pope either. He is St. Peter's successor and has the guidance of the Holy Spirit just as the Apostles themselves had divine guidance.

Catholics believe that the Pope is infallible but that doesn't mean he's perfect. Only his changes in the Catholic teachings are infallible because that is the only aspect in his life in which the Holy Spirit guides him.

The Catholic Church is the first Christian religion because when Christ mentioned his Church (or his flock) He was referring to the people who followed him. And it's clear in the Bible that Jesus wanted his religion to be a universal religion. The Catholic faith is the only universal Christian faith. (Mormon may or may not be universal I don't really know) Catholic in Latin literally means universal.

The reason many Catholic holidays are based on Pagan holidays is to help pagans convert. St. Patrick gives us an example of this when he used a clover to explain to the Celtics the Trinity of God. The clover was already sacred to them and they understood what he meant. Many non-Catholics claim that Easter is a pagan holiday because its name is similar to that of a Roman god by a similar name. Emperor Constantine did that. He knew that Jesus rose from the dead a few days after Passover. The day he designated to celebrate the Resurrection just happened to be the feast day of a Roman God. The name of the God just stuck with it over time.

The common belief of non-Catholics is that the Church is not biblical. If they actually picked up the Catechism of the Catholic Church, they'd quickly realized that it's chalked full of scripture. I've studied the Catechism myself and from experience it's very biblical. There is actually an expert who can recite the Bible in his sleep. He's not Catholic and he's the best. But he's last on an official list of Bible Scholars in the U.S. because he says that the Catechism is biblical.

Martin Luther didn't actually plan to break away from the Catholic Church. It was an accident. He wanted to stop the use of Indulgences that you have to pay for that claimed a right of passage into heaven. He understood that the Church itself wasn't corrupt it was the people who ran the Church who were corrupt. King Henry VIII remained Catholic even after he broke away from the Church. That is why the Church of England is so similar to Catholicism. That's also why the Puritans moved the the Americas. They weren't satisfied with the changes by Henry.

And while I think that the Mormon's beliefs are really weird and not very solid they are Christian, too.

Answer 3

Most non-Catholic Christian denominations accept Catholics as Christians. A very few do not.

A dictionary would say that a Christian is someone professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.

Catholics would fit this definition.

In the Nicene creed, from 325 C.E., Catholics profess:

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in being with the Father.

Through Him all things were made.

For us and our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried.

On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the scriptures: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We are baptized as Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

We truly are spiritually "born again," we just don't usually use those words.

For a complete description of what Catholics believe, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.htm

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

The Catholic Church is the founding Church of the religion of Christianity. It invented it. Therefore, Catholicism IS Christianity. In fact, it is the only, original, true Christianity, since it's the one who invented it.

Any denominations that came along after that and changed Catholic doctrines, are no longer practicing the original Christianity as invented by the Catholic Church.

Therefore, these other denominations are a different type of Christianity from the original. Then they turn around and say that Catholics aren't Christians, LOL.

Hope that helps clear it up for you. And no, I'm not Catholic.

Answer 5

Yes Catholicism is a branch of Christianity just like Protestantism is.Catholicism is the first branch of Christianity. Everything else broke off of Catholicism and the Catholic Church. Catholics like myself except Jesus Christ as lord and savior which in turn makes us Christians.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism

Answer 6

Catholicism is a religion.
Christianity is a way of life. The word Christian means Christ like. Catholics along with many other religions love Jesus and strive to be Christ like, so yes they do consider themselves Christian.

Answer 7

Yes, we are Christian. The nay-sayers and anti-Catholics hate it that we were the first Christians and the original Church founded by Christ. They choose to steep themselves deeper into misconceptions and untruths about the Church than simply educate themselves about what the Church DOES teach.

You should do your own research as well to know for yourself. Get your information from Catholic sources if you want honest answers.

Answer 8

Yes, we are Christians. We believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. To clear up a few misconceptions we do believe that we can only be saved by believing that Jesus died on the cross for us. Good works are important to demonstrate that we have faith in Jesus and that we love him, but it is not by good works alone that we achieve everlasting life. None of us are worthy or good enough to get into heaven by our own merits. Jesus dying on the cross and his Divine Mercy are the reason that we can be forgiven and one day enter heaven. We do not worship Mary or the saints. We ask them for their intercession and are grateful for it. But, we we absolutely pray directly to God first and foremost.

As Catholics, we can receive the true presence of Jesus' Body and Blood in the Holy Eucharist even daily if we want. I often go to daily Mass and it is a beautiful time of prayer, scripture reading, and of course receiving Christ in the Holy Eucharist. This is in addition to Sunday Mass, of course.

Thank you for asking.

Answer 9

Hey robby! how can all these ppl who have answered your question say that yes- catholis are christians because they believe in Christ... and yet when i asked why people don't accept Mormons as christians they said we weren't. Funny how there's a double standard. Ppl here are saying that the only requirement to be a christian is to believe in Christ... ergo- Mormons are christians too!!! YAY! you have proved my point.

And yes- catholics are christians :D

Answer 10

Yes, in fact we were the christian until the vatican became corrupt and luther separated. Now i hope they are a bit more selfless. But at least we dont go rant about how science is out to get us.

Answer 11

Part of Babylon The Great, false religion. Going to fall during the Great Tribulation!
Revelation 17:5; Revelation 18:2, She has fallen she has fallen Babylon the Great has fallen.