How many people here really believe Catholics are not Christians?

Question

If you are one of these people , why do you think God hid the True Church from us? Doesn't it make more sense that the Church was never hidden and that the Catholic Church is the original Christian Church founded by Christ and the Apostles?

Answer 1

a few too many.




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Answer 2

Well, David, I personally consider anyone who follows and lives by the teachings of the Christ to be Christian, but the reason that "Protestant" churches are called that, is because somebody "protested" against Catholic Church policies, or dogma, or whatever, because they didn't agree that was the appropriate way of doing things, that being the case, I wouldn't expect all "Protestants" to consider Catholics to be Christ-ians, although many do..... the truth of God(dess) isn't hidden from anyone who knows where to find it....(be they Christ-ian or otherwise...)

Answer 3

Fortunately it doesn't matter what people believe, it only matters what is true.
It is obvious that Catholics are Christians.
Check out the crucifixes!

The early Church believed what Catholics believe and worshiped VERY similar to how Catholics worship today. The Mass and the Eucharist have been there since ca. 33 A.D.
That is why people say the first Christians were Catholic, even if they didn't call themselves that at the time.

Tuberoot- repetitious prayer is not the issue. Jesus used repetitious prayer (prayer in the garden) and taught us the Our Father. It is vain repetition that is the problem - He was referring to those that prayed this way to other gods.
And Statues aren't idols, they are icons. They are not worshiped as gods themselves. They are just art and aid us in remembrance.
The Catholic Church does not go against God's word/The Bible.

Cybertooth- Matt 16:18 And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

Answer 4

Honestly, if there is a 'True Church', than it is either the Catholic, Orthodox, or Oriental Orthodox Churches. The historical evidence is just overwhelmingly in favor of the fact that the first Christians held beliefs most similar to these denominations. I'm talking about the Didache, Church Fathers, the writings of Roman Historians like Josephus, etc.

Answer 5

As a former protestant I wish people WOULD do the research. I've said before that looking at everything from a purely scientific, historical view, the facts and evidence point to the Catholic Church as the original. You wouldn't even have to be Christian to do that. Just look at the historical record.

Answer 6

I suppose I shouldn't answer, since my answer to your original question is "not I", but you do realize the complex nature of the details, right? The assumptions - that there is a "True Church", that Catholicism was founded by Christ and the Apostles, and so on - are debatable. Yes, some Catholics are Christians, as are some Protestants. The rest is too complex to unravel here.

Answer 7

Maybe I've been living under a rock but it wasn't until very recently that I had any idea people thought Catholics were Christians. I had no clue! It all seems so absurd to me. I always thought the definition of a Christian is someone who worships Jesus Christ as the son of God and the saviour of mankind. All the rest are just petty details.

Answer 8

The Catholic Church was not the original Christian church, there were many other small churches before that (a good portion of Paul's epistles were named after these churches (Corinth)).

The idea that Catholics aren't real Christians, is from the fact that everything is so ceremonial. For example: many (I'm not saying all) Catholics think that baptism only works with "Holy water." And that this water is what makes the ceremony holy, when it's actually the condition of the heart of the believer being baptized.

Catholics can tend to be materialistic (that physical objects are holy, similar to many other religions), while Christ emphasized The Heart.

This is true for many (not all) Catholics.

Answer 9

Catholics are a type of Christians.

Answer 10

I'm pretty sure there are people who think that of every denomination of Christianity.

Me, though... to me you're Christian if you believe in and follow the teachings of Christ. Well, if you try anyway. I've never met a person who followed them all.

Answer 11

I feel that most Catholics are not Christians, many are however. Those who put Christ Jesus above the teachings of the Catholic church are Christians. The Catholic church is not what it once was, false teachings and corruption have caused the Catholic church to fall. The things we see today...The lawsuits, election of Gay leaders, pedophelia running rampant, all these things are a testimony against the Catholic church and its man made doctrine, all of these things are judgments from God. What the Catholic church "was" and "is" today are two totally different entities.
I know many devout Catholics and all of them say that being a good person is enough to spend eternity in heaven. I was a Catholic myself for many years and I never once heard the Priest speak of a "personal relationship" with Christ Jesus.
Just, "do this and don't do that" this is the exact type of teaching that Jesus warns us about in Scripture and He warns us to stay away from such worldly wisdom. The Catholic church has forsaken some of the teachings of Christ, in favor of man made religious doctrine. I was a Catholic for 19 years and now I am a Born Again believer.
We cannot mix mans doctrine with Gods Holy Word.
We are not pray to saints, for any reason, pray to God or ask a fellow believer to pray for you, do not pray to the dead. God alone is given the Glory, not us, not the saints, only God. I believe this is one of the reasons why the Catholic church is under the judgment of God today...False teachings and man made doctrine.