Do all the churches in Christendom believe, teach and preach the same Jesus in the churches?
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No, all the churches in Christendom do not teach and preach the same Jesus. \n\nSome do show a real compassion and love for people and a real desire to reach out to people, not to evangelize or convert them, but to help them. These seem to embody Jesus much more so than those who shout the Bible, work harder to expand the number of adherents they have, the number of baptisms they have, the number of people attending the church, have developed all kinds of programs to help people learn how to convert people and grow the church. Many churches have become self-centered...they care only about the Church and not about humanity. Jesus, atleast from what I've read in the Bible, seemed to be more concerned with social justice for people and showing compassion towards those who need help in this life. The final thing Jesus said, after he had returned from the dead, was to go out and spread the message....and no one thinks it is odd that he waited to give this message so much later but over and over and over again stressed the importance of showing compassion and finding people's humanity and working for social justice...he speaks a lot more about this than he does about conversion and spreading the Church...in fact he doesn't care much for his enemies because they work against improving social justice, they have trouble seeing the humanity of all people and then administering compassion to others.
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it's the same church.
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any of them surely? cos if Christians believe that everyone should trust in Jesus then any other religion takes people away from Jesus.
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As far as I know, Jesus never referred to His Church as Catholic or Protestant.  He said "Follow me."\nI am a protestant, but I really don't like to identify myself as a Christian, because of all of the False churches that are teaching anything but what He taught; so if someone asks me what my religion is I say "I follow the teachings of Jesus."
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The answer to your question is actually pretty involved, and would take semesters of study to truly understand.  I'm not an expert, but I can try to sum it up briefly.\n\nBasically, what all these churches differ about is who has the authority to act in the name of Jesus Christ and what the true teachings of Jesus Christ are.\n\nJesus Christ is the son of God and He came to be a sacrifice for the sins of the world, and to teach people the way to return to our Father in Heaven.  When Jesus Christ organized His church approximately 2000 years ago, He called 12 apostles, who were responsible for the workings of the church.  When Jesus Christ was resurrected and ascended into heaven, Peter, the head apostle, became the earthly head of the church of Jesus Christ.  Shortly after that time, however, the members of the church were persecuted and many were forced into hiding.  Also, geographical differences between the congregations of the church meant that many followers of Christ started teaching doctrines that were not correct.  While the early apostles tried to correct the incorrect teachings that were taking place, the early church basically fragmented and went into a period of darkness because the true teachings of Jesus Christ were not being taught in their fulness.  Part of what Jesus Christ gave to his true followers was a power called "priesthood", which basically means the authority to administer sacred ceremonies with the permission of Jesus Christ.  As the church of Jesus Christ fragmented and incorrect teachings were established, the priesthood was not properly passed along in the church.  So, relatively soon after the ascension of Jesus Christ, there were many sects, each of which taught some true doctrines of Jesus Christ, but none of which had the complete doctrine, nor the authority from Jesus Christ necessary to administer His church.\n\nDuring this period of darkness, for quite a long time, the Catholic church was the main church over the Roman empire and, later, Europe.  After Constantine took over, there was a split between the Catholic church and the Orthodox churches.  Reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin recognized that the teachings of the Catholic church were not completely in keeping with the true doctrine of Jesus Christ that they had learned from the Bible, and so they tried to form new churches that were closer to the things they read about in the Bible.  That was the beginning of Protestant churches.  Of the ones that you've listed, the Protestant churches are: Episcopalian/Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Seventh-Day Adventist, Amish, and Jehovah's Witnesses.  None of these churches, though, had the authority or direction of people with priesthood authority from Jesus Christ.  And these branches of churches have continued to split to today.\n\nThe good news is that that is not the end of the story.  The world is no longer in darkness and no longer lacking the authority from Jesus Christ.  In the year 1820, God the Father and Jesus Christ personally appeared to Joseph Smith, a young farm boy who lived in New York State.  As a result of this experience and other experiences,  Joseph Smith became a prophet of God, and he was called to reorganize the Church of Jesus Christ.  He received the authority to administer the Church of Jesus Christ directly from John the Baptist and Peter, James, and John, people who had the authority in Jesus Christ's day.  The church organized by Joseph Smith is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and members of this church are sometimes known as Mormons.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is completely separate from other Christian sects because it is a restoration of the original church of Jesus Christ, not a reaction to any other church.  (We use the term latter-day simply because we are talking about the church of Jesus Christ that has been organized in this time period, the last days, but it is the s
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Christians believe in one God, in three parts, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.\n\nMuslims do not accept this belief, believing that Jesus was only a prophet and that there is no Holy Spirit.\n\nNo, they are not the same.
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There are countless denominations here are a few.\n\nBaptist\nMethodist\nLutheran\nCalvinist\nPresbyterian\nPentecostal Apostolic\nUnity\nMormon - though radically different from mainstream\nJehovah Witnesses\nCatholic\njust to name a few
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Jesus (pbuh) teachings were exactly the same as Muhammad(pbuh) , they called for the same God which is ONE and Almighty. Jesus and Muhammad both were Holy prophets But Alas !!! Sait Paul has changed the whole concept of christanity and its totaly different now .And they did more damage to their religion by changing Bible hundred of times. there are number of confusions in their religion but wish they admit and seek for the truth. May Allah guide all of us Ameen !!!
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You've got a peculiar idea about Catholics - for starters, Catholics rarely do "sermons." Priests preach homilies - in other words, they talk about the scriptures that were read.\n\nWhat we do have the same - all over the world - is the same liturgy. That is the same bible readings are read, and the same prayers are recited. We have a three year cycle - Year A, Year B, Year C. In each year there are a couple of dozen weeks of what is called "ordinary time", and there are other weeks that are thematic - Easter, Christmas, Lent, Advent. In a sense the Vatican isn't "in control"  by this any more than anyone is - priests  of the Pope's diocese and the Pope himself have to follow the church's standard liturgical year, just like everyone else.\n\nLiturgy is about exalting the word of God, and not exalting the word of the pastor. Evangelical pastors ramble from biblical passage to passage, talking about what they want to talk about. Creflo Dollar can quote scripture - but he does so in a way that exalts himself, not Jesus.\n\nLiturgy ensures priests and bishops preach about Easter at Easter, Christmas at Christmas, etc. Lutherans and Episcopalians use pretty much the same lectionary (the same schedule of bible readings, if you will) as the Catholics. That way the major churches of the western world stay in synch.
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Absolutely not. God saves individuals, not organizations.\n\nI think the Bible is pretty clear. Good texts to illustrate your points.\n\nThere IS one faith. That one faith is not necessarily one church. That faith that leads to salvation is faith in Jesus Christ as the redeemer. Can't get to heaven without Jesus.\n\nPEOPLE will always go their own way. That's why there are so many different beliefs and denominations. Why wouldn't there be? Most folks can barely agree on what to put in a salad.
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Absolutely yes. But WHICH church? It has to be one that has stuck with "the faith once delivered," but the point is that believers are NOT TO GO IT ALONE, interpreting the Bible any way they wish, proceeding as the individual thinks best. We need one another! I wrote an article about it after alot of soul searching (and Bible study) about what church really means:
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Any religion based on Christs teachings is considered Christianity.
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Most, not all Christian type religions take the words of Jesus and run with it. Jesus said "Go and share the gospel of salvation with the world...."\n\n\n\nThe Main problem is not sharing there faith, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with people, but failing to live up to what Jesus taught.\n\nShare your faith, your religion through your actions.  Actions speak Much louder than words!  And people are always watching carefully those in certain religions that "Talk the talk, but that do not walk the Walk !!!"\n\nHypocrisy runs wild within Many churches today. In all actuality it is not even the church, but certain individuals all around the world within churches.\n\nMost Christians try to convert others with words because this is the Only way  they interpret the Great Commission Jesus Gave.\n\nIndividual within churches  have a Big problem with judging others, crticising and gossiping, which is a sin. It is even done to others within there own religion.\n\nJesus said,  "Don't Judge!!" Period.  Matthew 7:1-...!!\n\nThe best way for a person of Any religion or non religion to get his or her view across (in my opinion)is to simply live a life of  Lovingkindness, Compassion toward others, Forgiveness toward others, Tolerance of anothers religion, and No judging others whatsoever!!  If a person is interested in what they have, or believe, they will come up to you and ask you questions.\n\nThis shows respect toward all mankind, if one simply lives the Life without hypocisy, without judging.
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I heard non-christians use the phrase,The Christ within;our higher selves,higher conciousness,anointed.A man can be a christ.Some people think that Jesus'name was Jesus Christ,but it was Jesus the Christ.\n\nThere are so many churches because people segregate themselves according to their beliefs.People interpret the bible differently and some follow scriptures that ohers don't. For example,Johovah's witness' don't believe in celebrating holidays.It said somewhere in the bible it was prohibited.Also,there are just alot of ministers who desired to preach and started their own church.People who enjoy their message,join their church.
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Christianity is divided into many Churches. Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Coptic, baptist the list goes on and on. They are essentially the same thing but these are some differences in dogma, tradition and ritual. But in fact all these are just nonsense the division in Christianity was done in the sole purpose of controlling the church and that means money and power.
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There are multitudinous denominations, many of which have long since run their course and died out. After all, how many Puritains do you know today?\n\nGiven the inclinations of human nature, it is theoretically possible to posit an argument that there are as many "denominations" of Christianity as there are Christians. Yes, belief in the divinity of Christ is the central premise of all strains of Christianity, but beyond this, beliefs and values can differ widely. Look at the difference between Baptists and Congregationalists, for example. Within your own church, no doubt you know people who have very different personal values from your own: does that somehow invalidate their belief in Christ?\n\nGiven that the scriptures talk of our personal relationship with Christ, I think it is fair to say that the church is less a building or organization than a structure of faith within our hearts and spirits. Thus, as many Christians as there are, that is as many denominations as you might find.\n\nPeace!
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No, in fact most are Christian or Agnostics.  Many, like my last boyfriend, are very devout and never miss church.