Israel Ramirez
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Are Catholic and Christian the same, of are thy different?
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Catholic - Christian (Same or Different)
- Thread starter Israel Ramirez
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A Catholic is Christian, not all Christians are Catholic
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Orbit
I'm a planet
So they don't worship Christ? That seems odd for a Catholic.
It hardly suprises me that a Christian denomination's beliefs would be factually wrong.
Or that some Protestants would claim Catholics aren't Christians.
They convince themselves they are the only Bible Christians.
exchemist
Veteran Member
Quite. It's bonkers.
Which I've always found weird. I mean, even if they think the Catholics are wrong in their beliefs, "Christian" doesn't imply "right about everything."
Father Heathen
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Are Catholic and Christian the same, of are thy different?
Protestants are Christians who reject the authority the Catholic church has over their beliefs.
So Christians basically fall into two groups Catholics and Protestants.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
And that includes the church I grew up in and left.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
More than just those two, such as with the Orthodox, Mormons, JW's, etc.
Mine too. Ironically, I was 12 years old when my best friend invited me to go to Mass with her. I listened to the priest who during his homily stated 'Protestants' were destined for Hell, as I sat with my mouth agape.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
I was more mature
as my first mass was when I was 19 and a student at WMU who was dating a Catholic woman, ended up taking two Catholic theology classes there, but I didn't convert until about 10 years later. There's a LOT more to that story, let me tell ya.It depends on what Christian means. If it means a disciple of Jesus, as it was originally, I don't think they are, because person is truly a disciple of Jesus, when he remains in the word of Jesus.
Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
John 8:31-32