Who are the Presbyterians?are they from catholics?

Answer 1

I know I'm going to get major thumbs-downage for this, but here goes: all protestant denominations are in some way from Catholicism, since the Church was the first and preeminent Christian Church. The reformation broke some people away in the 1500s and other denominations broke off from them, so... all Christian entities are descended from Catholicism.

Answer 2

All the present Christian sects were originally from Catholics.

"In western Europe, the authority of the Roman Catholic Church remained largely unquestioned until the Renaissance in the 15th century. The invention of the printing press in Germany around 1440 made it possible for common people to have access to printed materials including the Bible. This, in turn, enabled many to discover religious thinkers who had begun to question the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. One such figure, Martin Luther, a German priest and professor, started the movement known as the Protestant Reformation when he posted a list of 95 grievances against the Roman Catholic Church on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517. Some 20 years later, a French/Swiss theologian, John Calvin, further refined the reformers' new way of thinking about the nature of God and God's relationship with humanity in what came to be known as Reformed theology. John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland, took Calvin's teachings back to Scotland. Other Reformed communities developed in England, Holland and France. The Presbyterian church traces its ancestry back primarily to Scotland and England."

http://www.pcusa.org/101/101-history.htm

The guy (Andymcj) who said Calvinist by way of Scotland has it right.

Answer 3

The first members of the Presbyterian church were former Catholics. Present day Presbyterians come from other Presbyterians and did not split from the Catholic Church.

Answer 4

Presbyterians are indeed Catholics but are not Roman Catholics. There is a difference and not many realize it.

Answer 5

Yes originally presbyterians and catholics were joined together

Answer 6

Our Faith
Though we are presbyterian in the way we govern ourselves, our faith is centered in the person of Jesus Christ, whom we believe is the Son of God. We are Christians who follow the ideals of the Prostestant Reformation of the 16th century which focus on:
- the priesthood of all believers,
- the authority of scripture, and that
- salvation is granted by God's grace alone.

We are monotheists and trinitarian by faith and so believe in one God who is called Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe God is sovereign over the universe. We believe that through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, our sins against God are forgiven and we are saved for eternal life.

Our Faith and Our Works
The way we believe certainly affects the way we live. Our faith in the living Christ requires us to live with a concern for others, our community and our world. Our belief in a loving God implies that we are to model a loving behavior toward all of God's creation. That is why Presbyterians involve themselves in all aspects of creation. Our members take leadership roles in community affairs and many gladly volunteer their services locally and worldwide.

Really, What is a Presbyterian?
If you want the basics of those of us who are Presbyterians, just look at us. We are teachers, laborers, doctors, farmers, and everything in between. We are those who strive to serve God in the best way we know how. We love justice and deplore injustice. We are realists who think that the best way to serve God is to do the best we can for our families and our neighbors. That is how we hope to please God, which is, of course, our main goal.

Sacraments
We observe two Sacraments: Baptism (only one), which celebrates our entry into the family of God and The Lord's Supper, which celebrates Christ's perpetual resurrection presence among us. There are many good texts on Presbyterianism.

Answer 7

The original church at Presbyter was not Catholic...but they got reprimanded by the apostles on a regular basis due to their misguided rituals and teachings...it's thought that they branched off the Orthodox church but I can't tell you when in history that happened....

Answer 8

They are a group of Protestants. They didn't come from Catholics.

Answer 9

They branched off the catholic church during the reformation.I dont believe they hate catholics.They disagree with catholic doctrine.

Answer 10

They are a sect of the protestants......you must have noticed that there are different sects among the protestants everywhere.Each Sect believes that this is the best and this is more liberal than the rest .