Christianity and Catholiscism Questions......?

Question

I need to get the answers of the following so please dont post unnecessary...."comments"

1) Who founded Christianity?

2) Where and when was it founded?

3) Who founded Catholicism?

4) Where and when was it founded?

5) From a Christian point of view, is Christianity and
Catholicism the same?

6) From a Catholic point of view, is Catholicism and Christianity the same?

7) What are some practices and beliefs does the Christians have that Catholicism does not have? Vice versa

8) Thank you for your answers it was much appreciated

Answer 1

1) Jesus Christ - a Christian is a follower of Christ so no-one but Jesus could have founded it. Although God laid the foundation throughout OT Judaism.

2) Started in Jerusalem 1st century AD

3) Some would say Peter others the emperor Constantine

4) Probably 4th century AD Rome

5) No; the Roman Catholic church is based more on tradition now than the original Christian Gospel.

6) Can't answer as I'm not Roman Catholic

7) Needs an essay! Worship of Mary; the mass etc.

8) Anytime!

Answer 2

Christ

around AD 30

Christ

around AD 30 Matt 16:18 ff

Catholicism is a subset of Christianity as is trinitarian Protestantism and Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy

Catholicism is the fullness of Christianity
but all Trinitarians are Christian in an essentialist sense
and all are descended from Catholicism
and all are in "real but impaired communion" with theOne Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Jesus founded
with the Pope of Rome as its chief steward and leader on earth.

There are no Christian beliefs and practices that Catholicism does not have but there are Christian beliefs and practices that Non Catholic Christians do not have
Catholicism has no doctrines that are not Christian
Folk Catholicism is not official and authentic Catholicism necessarily

You are welcome
Let us all pray for each other

Answer 3

Being a free thinker, but studying religion in the past I can answer #3, #4, and #7 for you.

#3) Q. Who founded Catholicism?

#4) Q. Where and when was it founded?

#3 & #4) A. The Roman Emperor Constantine founded the Roman Catholic church somewhere in the 4th century in Rome. Some of the Catholics that have been brainwashed well will tell you their church has been around since the days of Israel's king David, but don't believe it.

#7.) Q. What are some practices and beliefs does the Christians have that Catholicism does not have? Vice versa

#7.) A. Pagan rituals and idols gradually took on Christian meanings and names and were incorporated into "Christian" worship (e.g., "saints" replaced the cult of pagan gods in both worship and as patrons of cities; mother/son statues were renamed Mary and Jesus; etc.), and pagan holidays were reclassified as Christian holy days (e.g., the Roman Lupercalia and the feast of purification of Isis became the Feast of the Nativity; the Saturnalia celebrations were replaced by Christmas celebrations; an ancient festival of the dead was replaced by All Souls Day, rededicated to Christian heroes [now Hallowe'en]; etc.). A transition had occurred -- instead of being persecuted for failure to worship pagan deities, Christians who did not agree with the particular orthodoxy backed by the Emperor were now persecuted in the name of Christ! "Christianized" Rome had become the legitimate successor of pagan Rome! This is the sad origin of the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 4

1) Christ (hence the term Christian)
2) During the life of Jesus Christ wherever he was.
3) It is said that Peter the Apostle did. (Matt 16:18) Constantine, the Emporor of Rome was baptised by the followers of Peter the Apostle in the 4th Century.
4) Following Christ's death Peter founded the Church. I don't know when it was first referred to as "Catholic".
5) Apparently not.
6) Catholicism is Christianity.
7) Christians have divorce, abortion, contraception. Catholics have a prayer to Mary, nuns, a whole world more of wealth accumulated over the last 2000 years.
8) Glad if I could answer something 4U... I'm agnostic by the way.

Answer 5

1. Jesus

2. Israel, approximately A.D. 30

3. Catholicism, in the sense you're using the word, wasn't "founded" in the strictest sense. It developed as a distinct entity within Christianity as schisms in the Church occurred.

4. see #3

5. This is debated among Christians. Catholics would say definitely yes. Orthodox, Lutherans, and Anglicans would give a qualified yes. Other Protestants would usually say that Catholicism is merely another denomination at best.

6. see #5

7. There is no such thing as a practice and belief Christians in general have that Catholicism does not have. If you would like to distinguish between Catholics and Protestants, most Protestants have the concept of a "sinner's prayer" as the initiation of salvation, while Catholics believe Baptism itself initiates salvation. Catholics believe the work of the saints plays a secondary causative role in salvation, and they pray to the saints.

Answer 6

First of all Catholicism is a Christian denomination like; Baptist, Lutheran, Anglican etc. It is NOT a separate religion. Christianity has no "founder" in my view, only some Jews began to follow Jesus' teachings after he died. Also, early Christians were first seen as part of a Jewish sect as they followed all the Jewish practices only accepting Jesus too, this was before the Bible was written though. Christianity started about some decades after Jesus died perhaps about fifty years or so about 2000 years ago give or take some decades. Catholicism did not exist (or the term did not) prior to the split with Rome, so it is the first official Church of Christianity. When the Romans took on Christianity they officialese it as a religion. Catholicism is a form of Christianity. The main difference between Catholics and Protestants (that is the term you should use not Christians) is that Catholics believe in faith and good works ensuring salvation whereas Protestants believe in only faith not good works for salvation.

Personally I think both faith and good works are important, there is no point having faith in God but doing wrong deeds you won't get salvation that way. Of course neither will you if you only concern yourself with doing good deeds, it is a compilation of both.

Answer 7

1) Jesus Christ
2) middle east
the day Mary said Yes
3) St Peter (the apostle) upon Christs's orders
4) back then & wherever Peter was exactly
5) & 6) someone once explained it was -- you're a human (Christianity) and a male/female (denomination). all Catholics are Christians but not all Christians are Catholics
7) trying to lump all of Christianity into a general category is not really possible. What truly matters is both know and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord & Saviour knowing He will come again. Catholics hold a little more strongly to things that "were" while the various protestant denominations went through the "reform" with martin luther. Catholics also understand the scriptures when they are told that traditions matter.
8) it was a bit much - 7 "questions" but.....
have a lovely day

Answer 8

Let's get some of thr terms straight: "christians" include every belief system that believe in the saving act of Jesus Christ and that salvation is through him. "Catholicism" means 'universal' and may also mean the whole christian belief system. "Roman Catholicism" (probably the one you want to compare) is headed by the Pope in Rome. Let me include "Eastern Orthodox",which is also a major christian religious group is headed by a Patriarch.

Jesus came here to reveal the purpose of God, and to fuflill the purpose of redeeming all of creation, especially man, from the destructive power of sin and death.

Paul wrote much about the theology Christian believe although his writings were originally given to different churches and individuals across Asia Minor.

Roman Catholicsm may have started when Rome accepted "Christianity" as its official religion starting from the days of Constantine down to the last moments of the Roman empire. Since Rome was a 'bereaucratic' empire, the system was incorporated into 'christianity' as a unifying force of different vassal states. There were groups that remained to be simple in their religious practices of 'christianity' like the but they were small groups and was purged by the Roman Catholic church during the 'dark ages,' (a sad part of our history).

Reformation, started by Martin Luther, brought back the fundamentals of 'christianity' for short while since there sprung different reformation groups.

If you dig down through the traditions, cultures, and adminstrative systems all these are basically the same. What made them calling each other 'heretics' are other theologies: like who is the head of the church, who controls the sacraments, who to pray, how to spread the gospel, what to sing, what to read, etc.

Not enough space even to discuss theses things, and some may not agree with what was written so far.

Answer 9

jesus founded christianity. he laid hands on his apostles giving them the authority to cast out demons, heal the sick, and forgive people of their sins. he appointed peter as the head of the church.the apostles founded churches throughout the world. the apostles then appointed successors to themselves,(bishops) and by the laying of hands, passed on the authority given to them by jesus. the bishop of rome(the pope) is the successor to peter.in the catholic church there is an unbroken line of succession from jesus to the apostles to the bishops of today.
catholics believe that along with the bible, oral teachings were also passed down from the apostles. while protestants believe that the bible alone is the word of GOD. thats why the caholic church has teachings that arent found in the bible( praying to the saints, venerating the virgin mary, confession, purgatory).but the traditions of the catholic church can be found in the writings of the earliest successors of the apostles, the people who learned first hand from the apostles.the beleifs of all the ancient churchs, catholic, orthdox, and coptic are all most identical. all three an trace ther origins all the way back to the apostles. protestantism didnt come into the picture until some 1500 years later. but when jesus founded his church he promised that the holy spirit would protect it from error and that the gates of hell would not prevail against it. if the catholic churches teachings are wrong then that means jesus allowed his churh to be in error for1500 years. i would also like to point out that the bible itself was compiled by the catholic church. there were many other gospels around during that time and it was the catholic church under the guidance of the holy spirit that decided which gospels were authentic and which ones were not. martin luther decided on his own authority to remove certain books from the bible because they didnt match his beleifs.

Answer 10

1) Protestant Christianity founded by Martin Luther

2) Germany, 1529

3) Jesus Christ

4) 33 AD founded in Rome

5) Catholics are Christians

6) No, Catholics believe in Eucharists, Mary, and Saints.

7) I don't know about Protestants because they have thousands of denominations, its hard to know nowadays. Catholics believe in the Holy Trinity, The Eucharist, Purgatory, Confession, Virgin Mary, Saints, the Pope.

8) You're welcome