The catholic church Vs baptist!?

Question

okay my question is : what are the differences between the Catholic Church and The Baptist Church ....??

Or if you don't know then - what is it that makes the catholic religion so distinct - what does it have that no other religion has?

thank you very much! :)

Answer 1

Baptists do not believe in infant baptism, Catholics do.

Baptists do not believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, Catholics do.

Baptists do not believe in making a confession to a minister of God, Catholics do.

Baptists do not believe that it is necessary for the Clergy to be celibate, Catholics do.

Baptists do not believe it is necessary to remain in communion with the Bishop of Rome, Catholics do.

Baptists do not believe that the Catholic Church has the authority to interpret scripture, Catholics do.

Baptists do not believe in Purgatory, the Communion of Saints, the perpetual virginity and imacculate conception of Mary, Catholics do.

Only the Catholic Church can trace its origins directly to the Apostles and thus Christ Himself. It is the Catholic Church that has preserved the initial deposit of Truth and Faith as given to the world by Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church is the Mother Church from which all other christian denominations were born.

Answer 2

Not sure where this question is coming from, but I'm not sure there could be a worse church than Westboro Baptist Church. Some old man who hates homosexuals in the worst way, and likes to blame the American military for the furtherance of gay rights. This is the group who has the gall to protest homosexuality at the funerals of American soldiers killed in action. They maintain that the death of the soldier is God's wrath regarding homosexuals carried out in a way that is befitting and good for his believers. This is one man and his followers, who by the way, are almost exclusively his family. Roman Catholics are just very traditional very regimented catholics. I don't see the comparison.

Answer 3

I know very little about the Baptist church, so I will not make any statements about that.

Catholics have 7 sacraments - Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Anointing of the Sick.

Catholics believe in the tur presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

Catholics include those in Heaven and Purgatory among the faith community who we pray for and ask to pray for us.

As stated in the Bible, the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth. God's revelation can be found in Scripture and in Sacred Tradition.

Answer 4

I can answer the second part of your question.

The Catholic Church IS the original Church founded and instituted by Christ. The Deposit of Faith was given to the Apostles, who taught and spread the Faith, built the Church, everything being preserved and protected by the authority that Jesus gave them. It is this authority that gives the Church her unity, that gives her the sacraments, that binds everything up in the Holy Eucharist, our Lord Incarnate in the Blessed Sacrament.

No other church can claim those things; no other church has them.

God bless.

Answer 5

Heres 150 reasons.How we know that it is the Catholic Church
that Jesus Christ founded?

http://home.inreach.com/~bstanley/how.htm

The fruits of Sola Scriptura...

"But when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will teach you all the truth. For He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He will hear he will speak, and the things that are to come He will declare to you." John 16:13

Most non-Catholic sects declare that the Holy Spirit is 'teaching' them the truth. However, there can be only one truth. Since the advent of Sola Scriptura and individual interpretation of Scripture, how can the Holy Spirit be in each of the thousands of sects, teaching all of them opposing viewpoints? It is to be noted that all of the following denominations teach from the same Bible, so why the differences in teaching?

1. How can the Holy Spirit tell the Lutherans the Eucharist is the true presence of Christ, and then tell the Baptists it is only a symbol?

2. How can the Holy Spirit tell the Methodists it is alright to have female ministers, and then tell the Baptists it is unbiblical?

3. How can the Holy Spirit tell the Seventh Day Adventists that Saturday is the day of worship, and then tell the Presbyterians the day of worship is Sunday and not Saturday?

4. How can the Holy Spirit tell the Lutherans that the Blessed Virgin Mary was and remains always virgin, and then tell the Baptists she had other children?

5. How can the Holy Spirit tell the Baptists, 'once saved always saved', and then tell the Church of Christ that Sola Fides is unscriptural?

6. How can the Holy Spirit tell Episcopalians to baptize infants and then tell Pentecostals infant baptism is invalid?

7. How can the Holy Spirit tell Mormons that the Holy Trinity is three separate persons, and then tell Methodists the Trinity is three persons in one GOD?

I could go on and on with the differences between non-Catholic sects, but I think you get the point. It takes only a minimum of common sense to realize that the Holy Spirit could not be speaking to each and everyone of those thousands of non-Catholic sects in the opposing ways of which I have sampled here. However, I was recently reminded that common sense is not so common anymore. It is easy to see that the 'fruits of Sola Scriptura' are not from GOD. There is no 'one fold and one shepherd' in Protestantism. Opposing teachings in these denominations is rampant, all caused by the false doctrine of Sola Scriptura and its accompanying 'individual interpretation' of Holy Scripture. Which, if any, of these sects is being taught all of the truth, as promised by Jesus Christ in John 16:13?

"And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom GOD has given to all who obey Him." Acts 5:32

Okay, GOD Himself has thrown down the gauntlet...TO ALL WHO OBEY HIM.
So who obeys the will of GOD? Is it the Lutherans who say the Holy Eucharist is the 'True Presence' of Jesus Christ incarnate, or is it the Baptists who say, 'It is only a symbol'?
Is it those who say we have to worship on Saturday or is it those who say worship on Sunday?
Is it those who say baptize infants or those who say not to?

Answer 6

"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 7

The Pope...?

Sorry, thats all I can think of & Im a Catholic...!