Why do some Christians(non-Catholics) not consider Catholics as Christians?
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Catholics are Christians if they have accepted Jesus as there saviour, same as any other denomination. (I'm not Catholic.) I don't know where you live but in UK the mainstream church had lost it's way and started compromising on things such as sex before marriage and the like, but now things are going back to God's word. The church I'm in is very Bibe based, happily.
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Catholics are Christians.  \n\nChristianity has many different 'branches' called denominations, which all have slightly different beleifs on the interpretation of the Bible and slightly different practices.  Catholics are just one denomination.  Other denominations include Methodist, Baptist, Mormons, Evangelicals and so on and so forth.  \n\nHope this was some help!
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You are confusing some Christians with all Christians.\nMany churches and Christian sects are inclusive and have gay clergy and gay parishnoners. \nAs a Christian myself, I put tons of emphasis on my sexuality. I love sex, I celebrate it. My belief if God had not wanted me to experience physical pleasure he would not have provided me with such a cool responsive body. Also as a Christian I support loving relationships whether that relationship is between two women, two men, or a man and a woman. The key being loving relationships.\nPlease do not confuse, true Christ loving Christians with haters. Christ loving Christians love all their neighbours.
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Christians have always labeled people with different ideas and beliefs as pagan, savages, etc. etc.\n\nMany Christians have an honest desire to help people, but most just can't accept that they might be wrong. They think people who don't go along with the Christian movement deserve to burn in hell.
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Well, yes and no.\nAll Catholics are Christian, but not all Christians are Catholic.  Some Christians can be Protestant.  The Holy Trinity is still the same for both.\nWithin the Catholic tradition, there are different sects, or groups.  Besides the well-know Roman Catholic sect, there are the Greek Orthodox, the Russian Orthodox (self-explanatory where they are) and the Coptic Catholics (mostly in Egypt).  \nSimilarly, the Protestant tradition has different sects, such as Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, Mennonite (the Amish are a good example of this), Evangelical, and for people who just can't or won't pick, the all-inclusive Nondenominational.\nThe most important thing to remember is that the underlying faith in the Holy Trinity remains the same.  The difference is in how that faith is expressed.  It can be done with rituals (as with Catholics), more subdued (some Nondenominationals), or a contagious explosion of joy (as with some of the Baptists).  But these expressions do not make that faith.  Without the foundation of faith, there would be no expressions of any kind.
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Catholics can be categorized as Christians. The difference is the Catholics believe that their church (via the Pope) has absolute authority in matters of spirituality. The rest of the Christian world (Protestants) believes that spiritual authority comes from the Bible alone.
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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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I have to disagree with everyone else.  I believe you can.  \n\nBy definition, a Christian is someone that believes that Jesus was the son of God and that only through him can you find salvation.  \n\nThe bible is secondary.  That majority of Christians find their faith through the bible, but you can be a Christian (by definition) and not believe in the bible.\n\nSo, if you are someone who is Christian by definition (see above) but do not believe in the bible... you could hold whatever belief you find to be the most true in your own heart.
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ALL Catholics are CHRISTIANS...\n\nin the same way as all dogs are ANIMALS.\n\nPeople who say Catholics aren't Christians...\ndon't understand the meaning of both words.
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Catholics ARE Christian!  Every Christian church no is an offshoot of the Catholic church.
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Christians dont worship Jesus, they worship God.
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Although the meaning of the word seems to be different depending on the outlook of the asker "Orthodox Christians" seem to believe much like the Catholic faith. They are not in the same boat as Roman Catholics, which are united with the Pope in Rome, (they are not). But the faith seems to be similar.
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Like the answerer above me, I too went through the RCIA and none of my immediate family is Catholic. In fact, my mother is still very much against religion and against Christianity in particular.\n\nIf you are baptized, confirmed, and believe in the authority given by Jesus to the Church, and to the office of the Pope in particular, and therefore fully accept all dogma and doctrine that the Magisterium of the Church teaches then you are a true Catholic.\n\nCatholic means universal. So Catholic Church means universal Church. To be Catholic means being of one mind and one faith in communion with the Church which is the body of Christ. \n\nIf one insists on following their own individual beliefs apart from the dogma or doctrine of the Church then they are not Catholic because they are isolating themselves from the universal family of the Church. They are not universal, so they are not Catholic.
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I think you're confusing Christians with Catholics.
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I have seen the phenomenon you're describing, but I don't think it's using the term "Christian" in a different way so much as having an incorrect notion of who is and is not a Christian.\n\nIn any religion you are going to find a small subset of people who believe they and they alone possess the truth and anyone slightly outside their group is completely wrong.  Some fundamentalist Christians fall into this trap and believe that anyone disagreeing with any part of their beliefs is not a Christian.\n\nI consider myself a fundamentalist Christian.  When I was young I believed silly things like Catholics weren't real Christians.  As I grew in my relationship with God I realized that was dead wrong.
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Don't know but they assume the same with anyone who is not in their faith.  I am Muslim and Christians always try to Teach me about Christianity even though I know the Bible better than many of them. \n\nMany see Christianity not as a religion but a state of being.  IE:  They think to be a moral person is to be a Christian person.  I even had a friend try to convert me and when I was explaining the basic differences between Islam and christianity.  I stated that Muslims do not believe Jesus(peace be upon him) is God but a prophet and she told me "Christians dont believe Jesus is God we beleive he is the son of God" \nI had a landlord who knew I was Muslim but kept saying "but you are such a good Christian girl"  in reference to my behavior not my religion.  \nWhen you think that way that morality is attached with being Christain it is hard to accept that somone who is moral would not choose Christianity.
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Technically, it's a little more complicated than that.  The Roman Catholic Church offers Communion to some Christians who are not Roman Catholics, if their denominations are "reconciled" to the Catholic tradition--this would mean the numerous Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Polish National Church, and the Assyrian and Coptic Churches.  Christians who are members of churches, however, that are understood by Catholic theologians as being in revolt against the Catholic tradition (and that would mean all Protestant and Anabaptist sects) are not permitted to take Catholic Communion.\n\nHere's maybe the simplest way to explain this:  the Catholic Church understands itself to be, in fact, the only apostolic Christian church, the only legitimate successor to the religious movement founded by Jesus and in the Catholic tradition passed on after His death to Peter (whom Catholics regard as the "first Pope," a historically questionable claim to be sure, but important in the theology of the RCC).  The Roman Catholic Church holds that Communion is a sacrament that can only authentically occur within the sanction of that apostolic continuity.  In effect, when Christians from churches not reconciled to the Catholic Church partake of Communion, they are in effect interlopers, inadequately prepared for the miracle of transubstantiation.\n\nAnother way of saying this is that for some purposes, the Catholic Church does not consider Protestant or Anabaptist Christians as true Christians.  If that sounds coarse or narrowminded or shocking, please refer to the reciprocal understanding of Roman Catholicism from the Protestant and Anabaptist perspective, as exemplified in the statement made (I am sure) by an evangelical Protestant on this Yahoo list that the Pope is the antichrist and Catholics aren't Christians.\n\nHope this answer is helpful.