i am a christian and i am just curious
2007-12-22 12:35:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Read this and you will know the TRUTH!.......http://www.lcg.org/cgi-bin/tw/booklets/print-bk.cgi?action=print_item&category=Booklets1&item=1140203084&print=yes
2007-12-22 12:46:49 · answer #1 · answered by TIAT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholic comes from the Greek word "universal" so a Catholic tradition claims to be of the universal church claiming its origins back to the Early Church. The largest Christian denomination of these is the Roman Catholic Church, although other churches such as the Anglican Churches (The Episcopal Church in the US) also claim to be Catholic i.e. stemming from the same traditions but not under the leadership of the Pope (strictly they are not protestant) the most conservative elements of the latter call themselves Anglo-Catholics. Each and every denomination has evolved greatly from the original church, so it is difficult to say any has a greater right to the original faith and individual choice must be exercised and many changes in these traditions have been made (for example Roman Catholic priests could marry a thousand years ago) There were even many traditions in the early church before the Nicene creed in the fourth century set about standardization of belief and interpretation.
2007-12-22 21:42:29 · answer #2 · answered by Toby Lerone 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you mean what is the difference between Protestants and Catholics. We are after all both Christians.
We acknowledge the Pope as being the Vicar of Christ. We believe in the divine presence of the Eucharist. Catholics have a majorly different understanding of the Human Person compared to Protestants and I mean a major difference. There are a lot of other things too that are different.
2007-12-22 20:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by Indy Indy Indy!!!! 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There are a great deal of doctrinal differences. Too many to be listed here. Check with bereanbeacon.org Richard Bennett was a Catholic priest with very close ties to Rome and the Pope. He is now a born again Christian with a great deal of insight on this subject.
Basically the Catholics are trusting in their church, sacraments and their good works to save them. Christians are trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ alone to save them. By grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Hope that helps
2007-12-22 20:58:00 · answer #4 · answered by mr_e_cowboy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The differences are huge.
Read the Bible and compare that to the Catholic Catechism.
I have a five page MS Word document, written by a friend of mine. It is too large to copy and paste here. This document compares the Bible with the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church.
I'll send a copy of it to anyone who asks for it.
I'll need your regular E-mail address to do that.
Pastor Art
2007-12-22 20:46:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Catholics are Christians. As a matter of fact, the only Christian Church established by Jesus Christ. The other so called Christian denominations were established by men. And oh, it is Christian not cristian.
2007-12-22 20:44:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Catholicism is the Whore of Revelations 17.
'Antichrist' is a Greek word. 'Vicar' is an English word. The words are synonymous. They have exactly the same meaning. 'Antichrist' translated into the English is 'Vice Christ' or 'Vicar of Christ.' 'Vicar of Christ, rendered into the Greek is 'Antichristos' = 'Antichrist.' The ordinary use of the word in the Greek is decisive on this point. So every time the Pope claims to be, 'The Vicar of Christ,' he is pleading at the bar of the world's opinion that he indeed is THE ANTICHRIST.
2007-12-22 20:50:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It all starts with the major difference:
Christians accept the Bible as the Only Authority of God on the earth today.
Catholics reject this idea.
Every other difference (of which there are many) all stem from this core idea.
In History the pure churches (Cathari) copied, translated, preached, read, and obeyed the Bible.
In History the Catholic Organization
made one translation,
chained it to the pulpit,
forbade people to read it,
directly contributed to illiteracy in the Dark Ages as a form of tyrannical control,
demoted the Bible to being one of several sources of truth,
burned all copies they found in other languages,
killed all preachers who were not Catholic,
wiped out entire cities that had a Bible Only faith,
damned the printing of the Bible,
made the Bible contraband after it was printed,
added books to the Bible and called them scripture,
and most important of all have replaced the clear teachings of scriptures with the traditions of men (The very thing that Jesus hated most of all and warned against!)
2007-12-22 20:49:10 · answer #8 · answered by realchurchhistorian 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Presumably, Catholics could at least spell the word correctly. All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics. Whatever Christian sect you belong to, it originally derived from Catholicism, whether you like it or not.
2007-12-22 20:46:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
There are two parts of the Christian religion: Catholic or Protestant (coming from the root word protest, meaning specifically you're protesting the Catholic church). In simpler form, either you're Catholic or you're not.
2007-12-22 20:41:29 · answer #10 · answered by bigchucka 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Catholics believe that you have to earn your way to Heaven. Like, Holy Rosary and stuff. They also have the Priest, or Pope. whichever you like, thats the real difference, they can't just turn around and ask for forgiveness, they have to ask the Priest...or Pope.
Christians focus more on their personal relationships with Christ.
those are some of the main differences, but there are more
2007-12-22 20:43:19 · answer #11 · answered by jesus freak 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋