I am an Evangelical Christian who was raised Catholic. I see some fundamentalists on this site comment that Catholics are not real Christians and are not saved. Could you please explain why that is?
2007-10-26 02:20:17 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is impossible to give a universal statement on the salvation of all members of any denomination of Christianity. Not ALL Baptists are saved. Not ALL Presbyterians are saved. Not ALL Lutherans are saved. Salvation is determined by personal faith in Jesus alone for salvation, not by titles or denominational identification. Despite the unbiblical beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, there are genuine believers who attend Roman Catholic churches. There are many Roman Catholics who have genuinely placed their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. However, these Catholic Christians are believers despite what the Catholic Church teaches, not because of what it teaches. To varying degrees, the Catholic Church teaches from the Bible and points people to Jesus Christ as the Savior. As a result, people are sometimes saved in Catholic churches. The Bible has an impact whenever it is proclaimed (Isaiah 55:11).
2007-10-26 03:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real problem is they are unable to distinguish the Difference between Kings who happened to be Catholic verses what the Church it's self did. They just say it was the Catholic Church because at the time the civilized world was predominately Catholic. They never bother to read all the demands of the Popes ordering the Governments to stop such killings but just assume because a Papal Bull denounced a groups belief as Heretical and Catholic people just like all people today decided to take matters into there own hands insist the Pope ordered it. For those who care to check it out it was primarily fundamentalist who compromised the majority of the KKK. And today the KKK anti Catholic influence and beliefs are still a strong part of the attitudes of Fundamentalist Christians. So if you want to believe there rewriting of History that's up to you. Also if you want to play there game of blaming a Church because members of that Church behaved evil,then blame the Lutherans for world war two and the killing of 6 million jews and 2500 Catholic Priest and all the poles who were Catholic and the gays and mentally ill. Why because almost all of the Nazi's were Lutherans.
2016-04-10 07:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They believe that sacraments constitute a works-based gospel. If this were true, then Catholics would not be Christians--nor would Orthodox, Lutherans, or Anglicans and Episcopals. An honest and informed fundamentalist will consider me as a Lutheran to be just as lost as a Catholic.
2007-10-26 05:44:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous Lutheran 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Christian endued with power of God is someone who is born again (John 3:3) and baptised in the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). This can happen in any church, Catholic or non-Catholic.
2007-10-26 02:56:23 · answer #4 · answered by seekfind 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for your question. It's nice to see someone, even if you're not Catholic, who's interested in helping others, by this I mean a reality check for those who biasly bash Catholics. I used to be a Protestant but am now Catholic; I thought it was hard then, but I see it's twice as hard being Catholic. It doesn't bother me though, because I know I'm home and I have His Church. Thanks again, and take care.
2007-10-26 03:11:10 · answer #5 · answered by Danny H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To CJ:
I never block people for disagreeing with me. However, I do have 2 people blocked for bashing my religious beliefs, which is totally different. The only way you would know who I have blocked is to hack into my account anyway. I don't think slander is amusing, funny or mature. I will now block you though just for the pure enjoyment of it.
And thank you for calling attention to my question. You've simultaneously helped me to get more answers and helped more people to see the false teaching of symbolic baptism exposed. Bravo!
2007-10-26 02:55:48 · answer #6 · answered by The Raven † 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because those Fundamentalists that say that take the Bible out of context and apparently don't understand Jesus' teachings.
They spurn the Church that Jesus founded through His Apostles, passed on through history by Tradition and Ordination.
That Church exists today as the Catholic Church.
2007-10-26 02:44:22 · answer #7 · answered by Vernacular Catholic 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Catholics are Christians i Think everyone Confused that Fact about Born again Christians
2007-10-26 02:27:56 · answer #8 · answered by babo1dm 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Well, since your first answerer hopped right on this to spout off his usual rant, I'll answer him -- and in doing so also answer you:
CJ, are you telling us it's *baptism* that your "false gospel of works" assertion has been built upon all along? Are you serious? If you would take the time to find out what the Church teaches about baptism, it's only a "work" because of the grace of God *working* through it ... otherwise, it's just getting wet.
Grace, did you get that? "By grace we are saved, through faith, and not by works". Catholics believe this, the Church teaches it. Please show me, with a clear reference to the Catechism in context, where it says otherwise. The only difference between us and you on this grace vs. works thing is this: You believe your salvation is assured through a one-time profession of faith. We believe that we must continue to cooperate with that grace in what we do. Without grace we are still unable to *do* anything to save ourselves. And without remaining in that grace, we can still separate ourselves from God through our own willfullness.
Is someone who turned his/her back on God and descended into a life of sin after "being saved" still heaven-bound? I've heard it said of such that "their conversion wasn't genuine" or "they weren't really Christian", but that's a subjective judgment call and a cop-out -- especially since the "born again" are supposed to have a "personal relationship with Christ". Well, if it's that personal, then no one else is qualified to judge it.
That also means you don't have a mandate from above to pass judgment on me because of what you *think* I believe due to my "label" as a Catholic.
To return to the original questioner: Catholics are Christians. The main difference between us and non-Catholics is our acceptance of apostolic authority. Period.
2007-10-26 03:53:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Christian is a person who tries to be "Christ-like". It's usually the Fundamentalists Protestants that like to twist the meaning around.
I find it ironic that so many Protestants judge others when they themselves follow a book cut and pasted by a murdering witch burner.
2007-10-26 02:24:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋