Comments on: Catholic and Christian

By: JR

JR — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:48:18 +0000

I am not a Christian or Catholic yet. But I learned some history about Bible. To me, Protestant (Christian) came from Catholic and the Catholic Bible such as New American Bible covers more chapters in old testment than Protestant Bible. But New Testment stays the same for both.

Just from a personal opinion, a Catholic Bible will cover Protestant Bible. I think there are too much fights already about Christian and Catholic by people. To me, they are pretty much the same. You can pray anywhere you want. The minor rules that people set up in the churches are not really that important. To me, it’s the spirit and disciplines in bible that matter.

To me, Protestant is new Christian and Catholic is the old Christian. Or the Catholic is even more Christian than Protestant.

By: Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:38:01 +0000

The Catholic Church is not a denomination, nor is she merely a church among churches. She is the Church, the one and only true Church. Christ said, ‘I will build my Church’ (Matthew 16:18), not churches, not denominations.

St. Paul wrote that the Church ‘upholds the truth and keeps it safe’ (1 Timothy 3:15). Christ said, ‘The gates the underworld can never hold out against it’ (Matthew 16:18). The Church Christ built cannot err in matters of faith. Christ is with his Church always (Matthew 28:20); how can she err? The Holy Spirit will lead her to the complete truth (John 16:13); how can she teach error?

Which Church is this? The Church of the ages – she was present in the first century since Christ, and the fourth, and the tenth, and, yes, is present now in the twenty-first. No other can meet this qualification. She is the Catholic Church.

Only by Christ can men be saved (Acts 4:12). And, as the Catholic Church is his body (Ephesians 1:22-23), outside her there is no salvation.

By: Sidny

Sidny — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:53:26 +0000

I have had the same conflict! People who tell me I’m not a Christian because I’m a Catholic. If people would do a little bit of historical research, they would find out that Catholocism was the FIRST branch of Christianity. Before the others broke away. But yes, it’s definitely Christianity… regardless of what some people may think. We have all the same basic beliefs as a Protestant. I mean, they don’t believe in transubsantiation (I totally messed up the spelling on that!), but that’s pretty much the only major difference I think.

By: ann f.

ann f. — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:56:29 +0000

I have had friends say, “Oh, so and so used to be Catholic, but then she converted to Christianity.” Um, no. Not really a conversion.

I get annoyed with people who don’t understand that Catholicism is a branch of Christianity.

By: jen

jen — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:19:12 +0000

There are many in all of the Christian denominations who claim to be Christians just because they attend that church or they aren’t Jewish or of another religion. But Scripture is clear that you must make a decision to accept that Jesus paid our penalty of sin, repent from our sinful ways, and try to live according to God’s will. It’s an act of will rather than a passive belief.

I agree with you. The reality is that no one can really know who is a true Christian and who is not. Only God knows the truth in a person’s heart.