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all Christianity comes from Catholicism, it is the tree trunk that supplies a basis for all the Protestant branches; what do you think about Catholicism in the 21st C? and how do you think the history of Catholicism should be remembered?

2007-11-01 08:27:21 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

chris; this was the response I was looking for.

Catholicism claims to be the church of Jesus, but this is not true, the church of Jesus was judaism, then after he gathered his Apostles they became the Nazerenes.
how do you feel about the Catholic Papacy and their claim to be the successors of Peter, thus through him Jesus?

2007-11-01 08:51:14 · update #1

if you believe in Jesus Christ! and you believe that he is God! then you are a branch of Catholicism, whether you like it or not, sorry

2007-11-01 08:53:50 · update #2

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha aha! ohhhh! I am so sorry EVERYDAY C, but that has to be the funniest statement I have ever heard. The Catholic Church has changed its doctrine countless times through history to fall in line with public opinion, what planet do you live on, do you even know the history of your own Church? the only way the Catholic church could survive this long was through dramatic changes to fit society.
what about Gregory the Great, he imposed Pagan rituals into Catholicism to make it look more appealing to the Barbarians. what about the early Popes who changed policy according to who paid them the most
buy the Chronicles of the Popes - by PG Maxwell Stuart
you might learn something about your own church organisation

the Papacy and the Vatican has its foundation in blood and murder!!!

2007-11-01 09:13:22 · update #3

I believe this question has come across as confusing: I see the church of Jesus and the church of Christ as two seperate things. Jesus was a Prophet of Judaism, his church was the Nazerenes.
the Catholic church with its Pauline philosophy and teachings is the church of Christ, the God. this doctrine was implicated by the Catholic church as orthodox in 325ce. so! any denomination seeing Christ as God, is a branch of Catholicism, whether they like it or not. hope that cleared that up 4u

2007-11-01 11:27:15 · update #4

Jesus never said he was God.
he was said to be the son of God, but in the terms of the bible we are all sons of God by definition, for we are all the sons of Adam. so the title Son of God can be interpreted as just meaning MAN!

2007-11-01 11:30:38 · update #5

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Praying to Mary and saints, religious attitudes, exalting the pope and leaders alike... I think it may be one of the biggest lies in all of Christianity. Looking back in history it wasn't Christians as a whole that destroyed people and lands it was Catholics as the religion.

As far as I know all of Christianity does not branch off the Catholic church it comes from Christ and the ministry He started. I think that in the begin the Catholic church started off on the wrong foot.

I think there a BIG reason why so many churches broke away from the Catholic church and one of them being the lies they have created and the bondage of religious attitudes it brings forth.

I also believe there is a good chance that the catholic church will hold a major part in the end times.

I love God with everything in me, but along with Jehovah witness, I believe it holds the largest group of unsaved people within it's walls because of the lies it teaches...

It's about a relationship with Christ, worshipping from your heart, reading the word, putting no others before Christ...... not a sprinkle on the head, a ritualistic like communion, singing in chants....

2007-11-01 08:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Kimbo 4 · 3 3

The catholic church came into being many many years after your first church in Antioch. And after Antioch you had many churches. All your books in the bible after the book of Acts are written to churches that existed. And over the next hundred years churches across the known world were set up, however from the time of the 1st church in Antioch hitherto christianity was not an accepted religion. The only thing that has made the catholic influential is the fact it was the 1st church to be set up by the then usa, roman empire, after christianity was officially accepted, and made state religion. Looking back at the catholic church - i find very little in their doctrine that is true to christianity. It almost damaged christianity, to this day we are suffering from her wrongs. THERE IS NO JUSTIFYING MIXING PAGAN RELIGION PRACTICES INTO CHRISTIANITY, NOR IS IT EXCUSABLE TO KILL IN THE NAME OF GOD.

2007-11-01 10:07:58 · answer #2 · answered by TimothyLogan3 3 · 2 0

No religious denomination will ever admit its roots from another, sad but true.

The Roman Catholic Church traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus and spread by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter.

The Catholic Church is the largest Christian church, representing around half of all Christians, and accounts for one-sixth of the world's population.[wikipedia]

The worldwide Catholic Church is made up of one Western or Latin and 22 Eastern Catholic autonomous particular churches, all of which look to the Pope.

However there are other churches that arose from the same community.

Oriental Orthodoxy (Old Oriental Churches) come under the control of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria - trace thier roots from St Mark.

The Eastern Orthodox Church (i.e. Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, etc.) is the modern name commonly applied to the ancient, theologically unified, multinational Christian communion that views itself as the historical, unbroken continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus Christ, the Twelve Apostles, and St. Paul.

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic church launched the Protestant Reformation and, though it was not his intention, left Western Christianity divided. Lutherans have retained many of the sacramental understandings and liturgical practices of the pre-Reformation Church.

Anglicanism most commonly refers to the beliefs and practices of the Anglican Communion, a world-wide affiliation of Christian Churches, connected with the Church of England. As the name suggests, the Anglican Communion is an association of these churches in full communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury. With over seventy-seven million members, the Anglican Communion is the third largest communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.

Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. The name "Baptist" was not a self-chosen one. In the early Protestant Reformation time this particular group of Christians made baptism on a profession of faith a condition of church membership. This rejection of infant baptism and this insistence on believers' baptism were so distinctive of these Christians that they were stigmatized with the pejorative "Baptists." The denomination itself is historically linked to the English Separatist movement of the 16th century.

Methodism is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. The Methodist movement traces its origin to the evangelistic teaching of John Wesley. It originated in 18th century Britain, and through vigorous missionary activity, spread throughout the British Empire, the United States, and beyond.

The Old Catholic Church is a community of Christian churches. Many of these were German-speaking churches of laymen and clergymen who split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1870s because of the promulgation of the dogma of Papal Infallibility.

2007-11-01 11:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0 0

So far as I know most religion will bad mouth all other religions, it appears to be a war within religion itself. When I was in the church they all like to point a finger at the catholic church, for example the catholic church is always in the news today for paying off law suits for pedophile priest.

2007-11-01 11:28:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I'm Episcopalian. I attend Roman Catholic services every now and then, and there's a lot to be said for the Catholic Church. Whereas I agree doctrinally with certain elements of Catholicism, I respect it greatly. As for its history, many people like to harp on only the bad things about Catholicism. Just as in my own religion, there were definitely bad historical moments, and that can't be denied. However, people tend to forget the good that Catholicism has done historically (centuries of Catholic hospitals, assistance to the poor, and so on).

2007-11-01 08:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4 2

You are forgetting the Orthodox church, you know. But as far as Protestants are concerned, they think some Catholics have control issues and are a little too devoted to rituals and authority figures. Not all, just many. The current pope is a little obsessed with being right and everyone else being wrong. That's not good for relationships, or for survival. Historically, the Catholic Church's biggest problem is not being able to admit when it's wrong for fear of losing its credibility. They need to stop taking themselves so seriously.

Vatican II was a nice innovation, but it seems to have scared too many people into thinking they might actually have to do something useful with their faith. It's sad that they're trying to undo it now. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back some day.

2007-11-01 08:43:15 · answer #6 · answered by skepsis 7 · 4 3

if teh catholicchruch is the first churchit is then the truwe church, the christian leaders/the apostles broke away from judaism as they came to learn the teachings of jesus and the guidance of the holy spirit,just read acts. there were "jews for jesus" but the majority jews rejected jesus and his followers, whilst embracing gentiles the new christians were not bound by the laws of judaism. this site explains catholic teaching and its firm root in scriptures.
www.scripturecatholic.com

furthermore the writings of the first christians,including the bible and the canon of thebible attest to the catholic church being the first and true church of jesus,then the earliest artefacts and inscriptions also attest to this reality. you don't have to be catholic but the first christians were,not from the get go by name but by the direction of the holy spirit, remember the apostles did not understand what jesus meant while he was with them and teaching them, they had had almost disbanded until the jesus made all things known to them at pentecost, the apostle peter was teh clear leaderof the church,as paul and comapnions went on their missions they formed deacons and priests, a clear hierarchy with peter as the leader.

as for what should catholicism be remembered for? THE BIBLE.

2007-11-01 09:02:05 · answer #7 · answered by fenian1916 5 · 1 3

The Catholic church is not the foundation of Christianity. Peter was not the first Pope...The early churches were not Catholic....they did not in any way follow the teachings of the Catholic church..which was yet to be established....they have more lies, than truth in their midst...

I think it will be remembered most for the cover up they did on all the pedophiles they kept in their church,,knowing they were molesting children.....this church also has a very bloody history...

Catholics can give everyone on here who tells you the truth,,a thumbs down but it won't change the truth...so have at it.

2007-11-01 08:51:23 · answer #8 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 5 3

I am a Catholic
not a religious nut' and not a Bible puncher, just a down to earth ordinary Joe bloggs,
Yes we have made mistakes' Any big organised religious organisation will make mistakes after nearly 2000 yrs of history, but that's is an excuse' I do admit, Please stop your
suspicious dislike of the Catholic's; we are just like you.

2007-11-01 10:33:52 · answer #9 · answered by denis9705 5 · 2 0

Other forms of Christianity HAVE branched off of Catholicism. Jesus asked St. Peter to be the first pope and establish the first Roman-Catholic church.

Many religions, especially Protestant, disagree with our beliefs because we are not a Bible-based church. They jump to conclusions and say that we are unholy because we don't follow the Bible. But what they don't know is that we do use the Bible in the Catholic faith, we just don't read it like a novel. Most of our traditions are in the Bible.

An example is reconciliation(confessing our sins to a priest). A friend of mine who has challenged my faith in the past has told me that confession is wrong and is nowhere in the Bible. It's in John 20:19.

2007-11-01 08:53:26 · answer #10 · answered by 36 Bree 2 · 3 4

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