are they compatible?
2007-12-23 07:54:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hello Kevsta-thks for answering-it will take time but I know you will get there
hopefully appy daze especially at this time of year
2007-12-23 09:25:44 · update #1
Of course.
A Pentecostal is someone who seeks to be filled with the Holy Spirit, in emulation of the Apostles at Pentecost.
By this definition, Catholics are Pentecostal Christians.
In addition, we even have a many communities of Charismatic Catholics inside the larger worldwide Church.
Some groups like to redefine words like Christian and Pentecostal into much narrower terms and claim that Catholics are neither Christian nor Pentecostal.
With love in Christ.
2007-12-23 12:37:52 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of similarities between them, for example: Confession of sin. The Catholics go into a box with a priest on the other side and they confess their sins to the priest. Pentecostals on the other hand also do this because they do not understand the Bible where Jesus came and took away the sins of the world through His baptism and blood on the Cross (John 3:5). They offer up prayers of repentance many times a day. By both of them by doing this are really asking Jesus to return and go through His atoning sacrifice again and again and again everyday, which is crazy! Jesus came and offered Himself as a sin offering and took all our sins away Once and for all!, He will not do it again!
The word Pentecostal comes from the time of Pentecost at the start of the disciples righteous work after Jesus had ascended back to heaven.
But they received a name from the RC church way back when Martin Luther a RC priest stood against some of their stupid teachings. So because of this many broke away from the RC church and were branded as Protesters or Protestants. But if we look closely at many churches today, we will find things in there that are very similar. True born again Christians are different, they do the righteous work of God.
2007-12-23 08:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Acts 8:14-17 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; for it had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. This passage puzzles many people. It also leads some people to make a division between sacramental baptism (“it’s just a ritual”) and “true baptism in the Holy Spirit.” But this is to misread the passage. The Samaritans who became Christians were, like all Christians, baptized and, like all Christians, had received the Holy Spirit thereby. But this does not mean that the story was over. It never has. For as long as the Christian tradition has existed, there has been a second sacrament of initiation – confirmation – which asks God to pour out the fullness of the Holy Spirit on the believer and empower him with the gifts of the Holy Spirit for the work of mission in the world and the task of becoming mature in Christ. It is this sacrament which we see being given in this passage. It is a sacrament filled with the quiet power of God. As the New Year begins, ask God to fill you with the power of the Holy Spirit that He gives in Confirmation so that you may live out the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit and be a saint.
2016-04-10 22:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics always try to ape Protestants.
After the Reformation happened, they started a counter REformation.
And since the onset of Pentecostalism they've started the Charismatic renewal which is a fake version of Pentecostalism.
I believe the motive is to keep the people in the Church.
2007-12-23 08:08:03 · answer #4 · answered by chris_muriel007 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My answer is *ABSOLUTELY*
I don't understand anyone who answered no..
If you read answers here from people of the Catholic faith, they all believe in the Holy Spirit being given at Pentecost - they believe the Apostles were anointed at that time, and still are today - this is what Pentecostals believe..
Acts ch2, i think you'll find both Catholics and Pentecostals operate in this anointing..
Hope this helps...
Blessings
2007-12-23 18:21:19 · answer #5 · answered by ;) 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of all the Protestant groups the Trinitarian Pentecostals are the closest to Catholics in beliefs.
In Christ
Fr. Joseph
2007-12-23 18:45:45 · answer #6 · answered by cristoiglesia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends whether you mean catholicism with a small c or Roman Catholicism. Roman Catholicism is very different than Protestantism. Protestants believe in the teachings of the bible.
2007-12-23 08:09:59 · answer #7 · answered by Goat Whacker 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess it could be done. But I don't see how. Catholicism follows the traditions of man. Pentecostalism is based on the church that Jesus built. But I guess with some tweaking.Anything is possible w/ God.
2007-12-23 08:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by paula r 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Catholicism can tolerate Pentecostalism, but not the other way around.
2007-12-23 07:59:09 · answer #9 · answered by Higgy Baby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Roman Catholics worship more visually compared to other Bible believing Christians. Many people refuse to live by faith; instead, they prefer to see, hear, touch, smell, and taste religion. Catholicism eliminates faith. I'm not too familiar with the Pentecostal religion, is that the one where they dance around with snakes?
2007-12-23 08:08:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋