I want to know. what's the Different between these Christian factions, like. catholic,Orthodox,Protestant.etc.
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I'm not sure about the Orthodox ..But the difference between Catholics and Christians is that Christians don't worship or pray to Mary or the saints. Both believe Jesus is God.. they believe in the trinity being ONE GOD in three parts... Father-Son and Holy Spirit\n    Like you are made of 3 parts..body- mind  and spirit..but you are ONE person..like H20 is water-steam or ice ...but it is all still H20..that is God..Father-Son and Holy Spirit.\n      Also the other difference between Christians and Catholics is the Pope.\n       Christians believe he is just a man with no divine power.\n        Catholics believe he is Holy...making him divine or deity.\n       Also catholic priests and nuns cannot marry. Christian Pastors can marry
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Protestants believe that the bible is the authority.  They teach what Christ and the apostles taught.\nCatholics believe that the pope is the authority.  They teach the traditions that he makes up.  Many of these traditions go against the teaching of christ.  This is the reason that the Protestants separtated from the Catholic church.
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There are many differences\n\nSome are that Catholics believe in:\nPraying to Saints\nConfessing to Man\n\nCatholics have a different bible, than every other "Christian"religion, \nBaptist, \nPentacost \nApostolic\nEven Jehova's Witnesses
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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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I know that John Bunyan, the author of Pilgrim's Progress, and John Milton, the author of Paradise Lost were puritans. \n\nBy protestants I understand all Christians who are neither catholics nor Orthodox. So all the divisions you mention belong to protestants.\n\nSorry I couldn't help with all parts of your question.
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Catholics are Christians.  Christians believe in God.\n\nHence....
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First, I am a fellow Roman Catholic.  I am also a Knight of Columbus, which should tell you my devotion to the Catholic faith.  Now, to the question:\n\nHave you ever hear the logic example that says, every square is a rectangle, but not every rectangle is a square?  The same applies.  Every Catholic is a Christian, but not every Christian (those whose religions refer to themselves as it, anyway) is a Catholic.  The difference here is Protestantism.  Protestants (Lutherans, Methodists, Pentecostals, Baptists, etc.) all call themselves Christians, but would be lothe to be referred to as Catholics.  Here are the main differences:\n\n1) Catholics believe that St. Peter was the first Pope, and the line of Popes runs from him down to our current pontiff, Benedict XVI.  Protestants do not recognize the authority of the Pope.\n\n2) Catholics believe in 7 sacraments, which are Baptism, Penance, Eucharist, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders (priesthood), and Annointing of the Sick (aka Last Rights).  Different protestant religions take out different sacraments, depending on how they were founded.  Martin Luther did not fully believe the Eucharist became the Body of Christ, so they do not fully consider it a sacrament.  Baptists only celebrate 2, baptism and confirmation.  They do not consider marriage to be sacramental.  This is one of the big disputes...Catholics believe marriage is a sacrament, so divorce is not possible.  Annulment, if you have heard of it, simply states that the sacrament never happened...it does not break a sacrament.  NOTHING can break a sacrament.\n\n3) As you mentioned, Catholics believe in the intercession of Saints.  That means that you can ask different Saints to pray to God for you, and God can allow them to help you do different things.  Jesus, during His transfiguration, spoke with Moses and Elijha, proving that Saints are very real.  Revelations talks about God hearing the prayers of Saints.  Protestants generally do not believe in Saints, even going so far as to say you are evil for praying for their help.\n\n4) Catholics actually have a more books in their Holy Bible than protestants do.  Luther decided, and others helped over the years, that certain books just did not belong in the Bible.  So, they got rid of books like "Wisdom of Solomon," "Baruch," both books of Maccabees (which reference Purgutory), "Sirach", etc.\n\n5) Catholics (Roman Catholics, anyway) have celibate priests and nuns.  Other faiths can have their preachers and sisters get married.\n\n6) The biggest difference:  Lutheranism was founded by Martin Luther.  The Methodists were founded by John Wesley.  Baptists trace their church to John Smyth in 1609.  Catholics, my friend, were founded upon a command by Jesus, the Christ, to Peter, His Apostle (read Matthew 16:18).  Other religions may revere Christ and speak of the Apostles.  The Catholic faith was made by Christ's command, to the Apostles.\n\nI hope this helps.  Do not be fooled by those who tell you that salvation is found anywhere.  Be sure you get the original, untainted source.
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Catholicism is a sect of Christianity.  All Christians are the same in that they believe in Jesus as the Savior.  Catholics and other sects will have their own way of worshiping.  Catholics celebrate mass every Sunday where the most important part of the mass is the Liturgy of the Eucharist where we receive Holy Communion.  Here is another difference.  It is in the form of a small circle called a host, but we believe that the priest changes it into the real body (and the wine into blood) of Christ just as Jesus did at the last supper.  Other Christians may only receive Communion 1 time a month or on certain occasions ( I think Lutherans may recieve weekly).  Other Christians may also believe that the communion is only a representation of Jesus.  We also see the Pope as the head of the church.  Catholics believe in saints, but not all Christians do
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LIBERALS\nTriumph of the Will\n\nCONSERVATIVES\nPassion of the Christ
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The Russian Orthodox Church is one of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.\n\nEastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics separated from one another in 1054. There are very few theological differences. The main difference is that the Eastern Orthodox Churches ( http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11329a.htm ) use the Byzantine Rite ( http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04312d.htm ) and the Roman Catholic Church use the Roman or Latin Rite.\n\nPope John Paul II said of the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Orientale Lumen, "A particularly close link already binds us. We have almost everything in common." (see http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_02051995_orientale-lumen_en.html )
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It's just what form of Christianity you are talking about.  Protestants will say Peter (because they don't have Saints).  Catholics will call him Saint Peter (because they do have saints).
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It began with the Apostles.  Until the 16th century, it was all of Christianity.  Orthodoxy isn't really a different Church, it is a schism within the Church.  It is the Church that still sings the services left to us by James, Peter and Mark.  It is the Church that selected which books would go into the New Testament.  It is the Church that first described the Trinity.  It exists because it has existed since Pentecost.  Protestantism is very new, most of its ideas are completely contradictory to the views of the early Church.  Most people on this board should read the early writers so that they have a context to place the bible in.\n\nIt exists because, when Judas died, the Apostles replaced him with Mathias, the first bishop and successor to an apostle.  Each bishop is a direct successor to someone personally chosen by Jesus.  Their role is to proclaim the word, as it was left by Jesus and proclaimed by the Apostles.  They serve the same role, the Twelve held, with one exception, they cannot create doctrine not taught in early Christianity.  Some people believe Catholicism was invented at some point after Pentecost, but that is to completely ignore the historical documents.  It ignores all of the martyrs, it ignores all of the correspondence among the first churches.  It is trying to reinvent history to justify separation.\n\nIt is as it was, it doesn't get to vote to see if you can have gay marriage, it doesn't get to vote to see if women can be clergy, it doesn't get to vote to see if Jesus is God, it doesn't get to vote on its beliefs.  It only votes to determine the best understanding of the early beliefs.  "What do we believe was revealed in the early Church?," is the only criterion.\n\nProtestantism is a protest of the corruption of the 16th century that spiraled out of control.  It went from a valid protest to a process invented in the minds of the various founders of the various Protestant groups.  Most doctrines of Protestantism cannot be found before the 16th century, or if they are found, are often tempered by other teachings so they are not so extreme.\n\nWhich of the 46,000 Protestant denominations is the correct one, or are the Catholic or Orthodox correct who still sing the first century services and keep the first century documents and who proclaim the entire bible in its service so that Christians will hear all of the bible, not just the parts a preacher wants to talk about.\n\nIt has been since Jesus left us and the Spirit came.
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Christianity is a religion.  What you listed are denominations within "Christianity".
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A Protestant is a member of the branch of Christianity that split with the Catholic Church due to the work of Martin Luther.\n\nLuther felt the Catholic Church had become hopelessly corrupt (in particular he was offended by its selling of "Indulgences," which were basically forgiveness for sins for contributing to the fund to build St. Peter's in Rome).\n\nThis split was strengthened and deepened by the politics surrounding England's King Henry VIII and his attempt to obtain a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.  His subsequent break with the Pope created the English Anglican Protestant Church.\n\nIn general, the main difference between the Protestant and Catholic faiths is that Protestants don't feel a need to have anyoen "intercede" between them and God. They pray to God directly, rather than through a silly panapoly of saints.  \n\nProtestants also have a much stronger tradition of studying the Bible, rather than church-produced prayer books and catechism texts.\n\nProtestants also aren't nearly as big on Original Sin (the concept that we are born guilty) as Catholics are.\n\nIn a Catholic Church, generally the cross had a bloody and dying body of Jesus on it, symbolizing Christ's suffering. In a Protestant church, the cross is empty, symbolizing Christ's resurrection.\n\nProtestant ministers are allowed to marry.  Catholic Priests are not.\n\nThe Protestant churches are not NEARLY as hierarchical as the Catholic Church.  In general, it's a much more independent group of thinkers.  \n\nI don't think Protestants believe in the Immaculate Conception (the concept that Mary was born without the stain of Original Sin).\n\nAlso, Protestants don't adhere to the dopey belief that the Communion Host changes physically from cracker to flesh (Transubstantiation).\n\nProtestants also don't believe in the non-biblical concepts of Limbo and Purgatory.\n\nProtestants also do not believe in the concept of Mortal Sins (sins that send you directly to Hell).\n\nIn general, most Protestant faiths are MUCH more Bible-based than Catholicism, which is much more tradition and Church-law based.
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Catholics are Christian\nNot all Christians are Catholic.\nChristian refers to anyone who believes that Christ was the son of God.  Catholics, Methodists, Mormons, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc. etc. are all Christians but only Catholics are Catholic!
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Catholics are Christians....  \n\nChristianity is a major world religion developed in the first century AD based on the belief that Jesus of Nazareth was the promised Messiah or Christ of Israel. Followers, called Christians, were initially viewed as a sect of Judaism. It quickly developed as a separate religion as Jewish Christians became outnumbered by non-Jewish converts and, through a strong missionary emphasis, Christianity became a diverse worldwide movement. \n\nTheir scripture is the Bible, which contains the Jewish Scriptures (Old Testament) and the Christian Scriptures (New Testament). Except for cults, aberrant sects, and Liberal Christianity, those who claim to be Christians have historically believed the following: There is only one true God eternally revealed in three distinct Persons - the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the Trinity). \n\nHuman beings are sinners who (without the grace of God received through faith in Christ) are eternally lost. Jesus, who is God in the flesh, died on the cross and rose physically from the dead as the sole and sufficient payment for the sins of humanity.\n\nAs a whole, however, the differences between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are still seen most clearly in the issues of the Reformation. The 16th century reformers distinguished themselves from Catholicism in two key ways. \n\nFirst, they saw the Bible as the sole foundation for authority (sola scriptura) rather than the Pope, church dogma or tradition. \n\nSecond, the reformers taught salvation by “grace alone” (sola gracia). They also insisted that sola gracia could be faithfully maintained only by understanding the gospel to be the message of a free pardon and righteous standing with God through “faith alone” (sola fide) in the imputed righteousness of Christ. \n\nThe Roman Catholic Church claimed (and still claims) to affirm sola gracia, but anathematized sola fide, teaching instead that grace is received and maintained by a combination of faith plus works (religious rites, sacraments, or human endeavor). \n\n\nChris·tian    (krschn)\n\nADJECTIVE: \n\nProfessing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. \nRelating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus's teachings. \nManifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike. \nRelating to or characteristic of Christianity or its adherents. \nShowing a loving concern for others; humane. \n\nNOUN: \n\nOne who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. \nOne who lives according to the teachings of Jesus. \n\n\nChristian Denominations and Sects\n\nAfrican Methodist Episcopal \nAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion \nAfrican Orthodox Church \nAmerican Baptist Churches USA \nAmish \nAnabaptist \nAnglican Catholic Church  \nAntiochian Orthodox  \nArmenian Evangelical Church \nArmenian Orthodox  \nAssemblies of God \nAssociated Gospel Churches of Canada  \nAssociation of Vineyard Churches \nBaptist \nBaptist Bible Fellowship \nBranch Davidian \nBrethren in Christ \nBruderhof Communities \nByzantine Catholic Church  \nCalvary Chapel \nCalvinist \nCatholic \nCell Church \nCeltic Orthodox  \nCharismatic Episcopal Church \nChristadelphian \nChristian and Missionary Alliance \nChristian Churches of God \nChristian Identity \nChristian Reformed Church \nChristian Science \nChurch of God \nChurch of God \nChurch of God \nChurch of God in Christ \nChurch of God of Prophecy \nChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints \nChurch of Scotland  \nChurch of South India \nChurch of the Brethren \nChurch of the Lutheran Brethren of America \nChurch of the Nazarene \nChurch of the New Jerusalem \nChurch of the United Brethren in Christ \nChurch Universal and Triumphant \nChurches of Christ \nChurches of God General Conference \nCongregational Christian Churches \nCoptic Orthodox  \nCumberland Presbyterian Church \nDisciples of Christ \nEpiscopal  \nEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churc
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Could you tell us at first what is meant by Orthodox Christians? Because there are many Christians rites that say they are Orthodox.