i need to know the difference between catholic and protestant?

Answer 1

"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 2

Pastor Billy says: that really depends on who you talk to.

Catholicism is first Christianity, Protestantism is a heresy first started during the 16th century. Protestants use the term "reformation" for their initial period of protest. It was more correctly a revolt and not reform as you cannot reform something you are no longer a part of.

All first Protestants continue to believe and teach they were the true Catholics. Today few Protestants will admit to being Catholic with one major exception the Anglicans or Episcopalians. These will argue as do the Eastern Orthodox (which were never Protestants) that they are still Catholics.

Another anomaly are sects such as the Baptist who today not only reject the title Catholic but chose to also reject the title Protestant. They have reasoned if one was to accept the title Protestant one would be assenting to a understanding of Catholicism being early Christianity as Protestantism is only a heresy which broke off from Catholicism.
Therefore Baptists enter into a revisionism of history in an attempt to circumvent the arms of the Roman Catholic Church back to the authority of Jesus and his apostles. They deceive themselves when doing so and lack much of what is first Christianity.

Answer 3

1 Catholic means Universal, all christians are universal.

2 Protestants are a group aligned with Luther and the German Princes who Protested against the Roman Catholic Church.

3 Roman Catholics are those aligned with the Church of Rome, whose head is the pope.

4 There are several other groups dating back to the time of the Apostles viz Kopts of Egypt,
Armenian Church, Abyssinian Church, Celtic Church, Anabaptists, Gnostics, Baptists and many others who are neither Roman Catholic or Protestant.

5 The Eastern Orthodox (Russian and Greek) split with Rome about 1200 years ago they are headquartered in Greece.

The New testament teaches that the church is a mystical body of believers in Jesus Christ and is one church.
There has always been a small group that followed God in the Old testament and the New...right up until today. They are referred to as "The remnant".
It has been persecuted, martyred, maligned and ridiculed.
The mainline churches both Roman catholic and Protestant have been its accusers and persecutors.

It does not have a city it is allied to...its allegiance is to Christ alone, through faith alone, in the Bible alone. It's members are pilgrims here on earth, looking for that heavenly city, citizenship Heaven.
Motto
No creed but Christ
No Law but Love.

God richly bless you.

Answer 4

To be Catholic is to believe in an apostolic Faith, that is to say the tradition of priests passing down their right of passage can be traced back to the beginnings of the church and the apostles by the laying on of hands of other priests for the new priest. The belief that the pope is Peter in spirit and the leader of the church . As it says in the bible, as you proclaim on earth, so it will be in heaven. Also... there are traditions of belief concerning the actual turning of the wine and bread into the body and blood of christ. That Jesus is part of the trinity of God , as in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. and other traditions as well. Oh, and belief in intercessors. As in the belief in marters of the faith, saints, angels. and of course, the priests who intercede on your behalf with Jesus and God.
Protestants don't want inercessors. They believe in their right to pray to God directly regarding their sins, needs, etc.
While I don't Catholics are against this, it is not tradition.
And while Catholic schools interpret the Bible for their following, Protestants protested this, and proclaim their right to interpret for themselves.
something to that affect. That is the basic cause for the seperation.
Keep in mind that Catholic's are not the only ones to believe in an apostolic tradition. The Greek orthodox, the Anglican 's, the Episcopalians, etc, also do this. Protested by the Catholic church, I believe, as it was done without permission of the popel
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And there were those who were christians before "Catholic" exsisted and never joined or excepted the Catholic Pope's authority once the Catholic church was organized.

Answer 5

Basically the Protestants are Christians who broke away from the Catholic Church with Martin Luther in the 1500s.

Answer 6

Roman Cathoics is a religion of idolatry while Protestants is not and the Bible is their final authority in faith and in practice. The Catholics final authority is their human Pope in Rome. The Catholics are a superstitious group of religious people while the Protestants are living by simple faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ in the cross 2,000 years ago as presented in the N.T. of the Bible. That blessed hope of eternal life which Jesus demonstrated Himself by His resurrection from the dead after three days buried in the tomb.

Answer 7

Protestants are Christians who broke off from the Catholic Church in the 15th century over certain doctrinal differences, like the relative roles of faith and works in attaining salvation.

Answer 8

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*The Catholics follow The Bible and Roman Catholic tradition..and they say that tradition carries equal weight with the Bible.
*Protestants follow only the Bible (Word of God) and say that Popes and Cardinals are mere men and do not have authority to contradict the Bible

Answer 9

Catholic - Founded by Jesus Christ; teaches the fullness of truth; exibits unity of belief, unity of teaching, unity of worship throughout the world and across 20 centuries, just as Christ described for His Church.

Protestant - Neither founded nor authorized by Jesus Christ; teaches partial truth mixed with new traditions of men introduced by their many human founders. Exibits widespread disunity and doctrinal chaos, just the opposite of what Christ described for His Church.

Answer 10

There is one more, Apostolic, we are neither Catholic nor Protestant.