In an answer to one of my recent questions, a person mentioned how that when you ask a Catholic, “Are you a Christian?”….that MANY respond, “No, I am a Catholic.”
And I personally have heard this TONS of times while sharing the Gospel to Catholics!
The first time I heard it, I shook my head in profound dumbfounded disbelief and awe…!
I mean…DON’T GET ME WRONG:
There are many Catholics who don’t respond this way…!
But WHAT does it tell you about the Catholic Church…and Her pathetic commission from Christ to “Feed My sheep”!?
How SHAMEFUL!
…and you deny the fact that there are SO many cachectic sheep in your pews!
Oh, the PIERCING blow of truth!
MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEGDE!
My heart absolutely BREAKS…and I sorrowfully weep for such Catholics…!
Oh, Lord God, I pray…provide FOOD for your starving people!
Guide them by your Holy Spirit to YOU, the fountain of living water - Jesus Christ - so that they may drink and thirst no more!
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2007-11-04 06:14:34 · 17 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well said Brother !
To deny the very reason that people go to church Is absurd. It's ALL about Jesus Christ.Not a religious label or denomination. There won't be partitions In heaven for all these manmade religions.
We're commanded to share the Gospel to a lost and dying world.
By not doing that you're not doing what God has called each one of us to do.
What A Shame !
We will be held accountable for every person that God has sent to us to share the Good News,the Gospel.
2007-11-04 07:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by Isabella 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If someone asked if you were Catholic, I suppose you would say "No".
I do not think that you mean by that that you do not think that you are not a member of the Universal(that is one of the things catholic means) Body of Christ.
The same is true of many Catholics if asked if they were Christian. Some think that your are asking if he or she belongs to the Cambellite denomination "the Christian Church" or to some collection of evangelical revivalist denominations that call themselves "the Christian" whatever.
The term Christian has also been exclusivistically usurped by the varied Protestant "Born Again' ovements. If you asked most Catholics if they were "born again" i would wager that most would also say "no" because that term has also been "taken over' by 'emoto-revivalist' Funda.prots.
Catholics not only think of themselves as Disciples of Christ( another title "stolen' by one of the 30,000+ Prot. denoms.) and as true Christians(if they are living the full Catholic fulness of christianity) but as the original,completed and authentic form and expression of being Christian
However, you are right about the need to evangelize deeply with the Catholic Gospel fulness of Christianity, those nominal or uneducated or indifferent people who happen to have been sacramentalized but not catechized. I also find that the above is also the case for many more millions of uncatechized nominal or indifferent or immoral or misguided English-speaking Protestants in the States and the UK.
I got much Gospel evangelization from Catholic 'new(and Old) Movements" like Cursillo,Charismatic renewal,Franciscan prayer groups, JPII Bible Study and the like.
2007-11-04 06:22:43 · answer #2 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well it makes me feel several things.
1. Protestant "born agains" still have not accepted Ecumenicalism and hold the term Christian so tightly to themselves alone that Catholic feel the need to differentiate themselves from what most "perceive" as Christians.
2. It makes me feel that they are not denying to be Christian they are instead claiming the first Christian heritage.
3.It tells me nothing about the Church itself just that you have a arrogant and self righteous perception of it. Making you the type of Christians Catholic wish to separate themselves from.
4. Biblotry among those "witnessing" is alive and well.
2007-11-04 06:21:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I hear people deny Roman Catholics are Christian I get the impression they are stupid. In Orthodox and Catholic teaching to be a Christian you must be able to honestly say the Nicene creed.
2007-11-04 19:55:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me? You make little sense to me.
I once was Catholic, if one said to me if I am Christian, I would say 'no for I am Catholic'.
Catholic & Christian may come from similar Believes but they are still different.
Catholic believe in the Celestial Mother, "Virgin Mary" & Saints but some parts of Christianity they don't believe in 'either' or 'neither'
2007-11-04 06:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anima 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just because you are a catholic doesn't necessarily make you a christian. You must be born again to be a christian. Besides, they confess to a human being. Jesus told us to confess directly to God through Jesus (not a priest). That is why Jesus came - so we would have direct access to God. Jesus got rid of the middle man. Also, catholics pray to saints. What is up with that? Where does it say in the bible to pray to saints? Their religion keeps most of them from being a true Christian.
2007-11-04 06:25:18 · answer #6 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Allow me to elucidate, many Catholics do not like to use the term Christian when admitting to their faith and it is the fault of people like yourself, they feel as if they are denying their faith if they say they are Christian because you people have been telling them for decades they are not Christians shame on all of you for this, also the term has become synonymous with`Born again Christians` and so Catholics simply stick to their label to avoid being confused with you super saved Christians.
argumentum ad ignorantium.
2007-11-04 06:25:12 · answer #7 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What exactly is your question? As a catholic I feel that I am not just christian. Christianity isn't as in depth as catholicism and anyone can be any "branch" of christianity. To be a Catholic you must follow and abide by different rules and beliefs and rituals!
2007-11-04 06:22:06 · answer #8 · answered by Bobbi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i will understand the sensation of unhappiness, even betrayal, via the priest, yet no longer with The Church. The Catholic Church replaced into The Church based via Jesus Christ and is in step with His teachings. This priest is a man or woman, in basic terms such as you or I, and might (regrettably) fall in need of perfection at situations. sure he did incorrect and sure he has issues to respond to for. yet that's no longer the fault of The Church.
2016-10-15 00:36:19 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had to go by your warped definition of what it is to be a "Christian", (judgmental, hateful, arrogant, ignorant), then I would not consider myself a Christian. I was never taught to belittle or question the beliefs of people from other denominations. I am thankful that my Catholic upbringing taught me how to be a Christian in the truest sense of the word.
2007-11-09 19:16:12 · answer #10 · answered by puppylove 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋