Why are evangelicals down on Catholics.?

Question

I know that they dont like some of the doctrine, but the bible came from Catholics.

If you look at history there were never any protestants untill Luther, he himself didnt want to leave the church he just wanted to get rid of corruption (and there was some) but then people fragmented and made up their own ideology based on what they wanted to believe.

I could go on, but I wont,

People say Catholic religion started in 400 ad but catholic writing were in place in 90ad (it tems of how communion should be received)

If you really look at church history you do see this.

Also if the Catholic Church only started in 400 ad, was there another church, there are no documents or historical account of such (maybe orthodox) until 1600. So did god suddenly think "ah well jesus I will wait untill 1600 to build my church"

Luther also was not a moral man, he hated jews and wanted to kill them all, heavily influenced hitler (not a lot of fruit of the spirit there)

In Aramaic there are no differing word for stone or rock, or immovable stone, that is only possible in the greek, the language jesus thought was in aramaic.


think about that.

Answer 1

Not all Evangelicals are down on Catholics. I'm a Catholic, and know a number of Evangelical Protestants who don't give me any problems at all. However, I've also been the target of anti-Catholicism, especially while growing up, and that was mostly at the hands of Fundamentalists. There has been an anti-Catholic bias within certain elements of right-wing Protestant Christianity for centuries, but it mostly remained in the hands of extremists. I think that a lot of damage was done with the tracts and comics of Jack Chick. They're profoundly anti-Catholic, and even though many of the allegations in them have been proven false and many people see them as a joke, there are still thousands of people who still actually believe that Chick's allegations are true. The real problem, to me, is that people are willing to just believe second-hand information instead of actually going to a Catholic church themselves (or at least doing a little bit of objective research) and seeing for themselves what it's all about.

Answer 2

Well,I'm not into labels.I'm a Christian that does not join any false religion or movement.I do know that all true Christians know how false the Catholic religion is.And you have your history coming straight from Rome my friend.Study history on your own.Study the origins of Scripture and the early Christians.Peter was never in Rome.Yours is Simon Peter.And it is true that Origen and later Constantine are the founders of your religion.All the pagan rituals and doctrines were fused with Christian doctrine to unite his empire.Study the eytemology of words like Pontiff and pope and vicar and priest and many other catholic rubbish.Read the Gospels and then study your doctrine of Transubstantiation and tell me that isn't a perversion of Scripture.Look at your sacraments and tell me you see them in Holy Writ.You can't do it,and no Catholic can.I've debated the Pastor/Priest of a large Catholic church in the past and he got so frustrated he just cried out:"The Bible has alot of errors".Well pal,I would not belong to any religion that puts manmade traditions and doctrine above Holy Scripture.Or worship a God that has errors.No,the 1611 Av is errorless.The pure manuscripts from Antioch were used.Your bible and all other bible versions are based on corrupt manuscripts from Alexandria.Again,go ahead and check it out for yourself.Do not be the average Catholic that shouts like a child:"No,it's yours that's corrupt".Educate yourself.I was intelligent as a Catholic,but not wise.At least not spiritually.No Catholics are.My wisdom came from the gift of discernment given to me by Jesus Christ after believing on Him and in Him.I'll pray for you.

Answer 3

There are many who have disagreed with the interpretation of Scripture by the Roman church before Luther - who were executed. The Roman church is founded on a willful misinterpretation of Matthew 16:18. Here Christ calls Peter by the name Rock on which Christ is apparently going to build his church. The Greek in this verse calls Peter 'Petros' but uses a slightly different word for the rock (petra) on which the church is to be built. Rome argues that 'Petros' is the masculine form of the feminine noun 'petra' and therefore means the same thing, Peter is that rock. However, closer examination of all relevant texts in Syriac, Aramaic and Greek, showing the usage of these words, indicates that the correct understanding of this verse is : “You are 'Petros' (a movable stone) and upon this 'petra' (a large massive rock) I will build my church". The Roman church has falsely reconstructed Aramaic/Syriac text, ignoring the distinctions in the Aramaic language.
Peter the first Pope? Of course not, he had a wife.

Answer 4

I was raised in the Catholic church but now am one of those evangelicals, specifically a Baptist. Please, not all non-Catholic Christian churches are "protestant" in that some did not develop from Luther but from other groups that arose in those early years of reformation. Ana-baptists were independent of the reformation of Luther and it is from this line that Baptists trace their history. Some claim to trace Baptist teachings back to the "first" Baptist, namely John.
I know a bit about the history of the Christian faith and in the beginning it was just the followers of Jesus, without the word Catholic attached. I believe the word catholic means universal, a reference to all having a common faith in Christ rather than the name of the church. I believe it was Constantine who combined church and state into the Holy Roman Empire because he thought it would make his soldiers unbeatable. There are many half truths and misunderstandings about Catholics and evangelicals. So we shouldn't put anything down we don't understand, that goes for all sides in this, including non-believers.

Answer 5

Hello,

Evangelists and fundamentalists follow Martin Luther and Calvin and some of their doctrine contradicts what Jesus taught. Even after the schism in 1517 the various sects of Christianity still quarreled with one another and continually split until 350 different churches came to be. This shows they still do not have all the answers and weak internal discipline.

Cheers,

Michael Kelly

Answer 6

It's my understanding the bible came from God and that the church belongs to Jesus and He was around 400 years before the Catholic religion.

Evangelicals and fundamentalists follow Jesus, not some man-made religion.

Answer 7

Catholics seem to be in bondage thinking they have to believe the Catholic church, but not realizing half of what they teach is not biblical. But evangelicals are free to spread the true word of God so much more. We don't believe in the worship of Mary or praying to the saints. Where in the Bible does it say to do that? I don't see it.

Answer 8

As an evangelical, I am not down on Catholics, but I do not agree with the Traditions that they teach that are unbiblical. Traditions are fine as long as they do not contradict Scripture. I could make a list, but I don't want to get into it here and now. I am sure you know what the main ones are.
Blessings
Your Sister in Christ
Kait.

Answer 9

I don't know about Evangelicals specifically, but Protestants generally believe the whole Bible. For instance, it says specifically not to call any man "father," which refers to calling anyone like a priest "father." The Bible says not to pray to the mother of Jesus. The Bible says to confess to God himself, and made a way for us to be able to do that individually.

The main difference, though is that catholics believe that they can pay for their own sins by Hail Marys, and other forms of restitution. God sent His Son to die on a cross to pay for our sins, and it's a slap in the face to act as if the sins could have been paid for any other way.

Answer 10

Great question. Exactly whose authority do they act under? If they say God or Christ, then how did they get that authority and the Catholic Church somehow lost it??? How?