Are all Catholics on the same page?
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Yes, and so will the Lutherans and Christians in many other churches, as well.  \n\nLong long ago, before our churches split apart, some scholars put together a three-year liturgical cycle.  Readings from the gospels are matched up with readings on a similar theme from the old testament and from the epistles and acts of the apostles.   \n\nIt's a pretty good system, so many of the churches decided to keep it even after they split apart from the Catholic Church.  \n\nThis Advent we will begin Year C.
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completely different religions. Catholics are christians. Mormon, have a different bible. Look them up on the internet, you'll see find out for yourself
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Yes, certainly.  We all have the same ancestors: Adam and Eve.
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Catholic.  A lot of Italian, latins and whites are Catholic.
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I am Protestant, but I prefer to just think of myself as Christian - there are many denominations of Protestants that I do not agree with. I don't think that all Catholics are going to hell, and I can't say that all Catholics think I'm going to hell. \n\nIt's difficult to classify Catholics vs. Protestants today, owing to the fact that there are so many Protestant denominations with so many different doctrines and practices. I can therefore only offer the difference between myself and the Catholics (Roman) as I knew them at the school I went to. \n\nCatholics pray to Mary and the saints, I do not. \n\nCatholics christen infants (some Protestants do this too), I don't think that a person should be baptized until they are saved.\n\nCatholics have celibate priests and nuns, I find no basis for that. \n\nCatholics confess to priests/fathers, I do not believe I have to confess to anyone but God in order to be forgiven.\n\nCatholics believe in mortal sins and other kinds of sin (in other words, they "rank" sin), I do not believe that God ranks sin. I believe that they affect us differently on earth, but that the wages of all sin is death.\n\nCatholics have texts such as the Maccabbees that I do not follow. \n\nCatholics believe that the communion wine and bread really become the blood and body of Jesus Christ, I do not. I simply believe it to be a memorial practice. \n\nCatholics believe that Mary remained a virgin her whoe life and had no children other than Jesus. I believe she was a virgin only until Jesus was born, and that she had other children.\n\nCatholics have worship practices that differ from my own - they cross themselves, use holy water, pray the rosary, etc. Their masses, or church services, are often scripted - the priest will say something, then the congregation will reply (see the link). I disagree with the concept of holy water and praying the rosary. I don't disagree with crossig oneself, but I don't do it. Same with the statement/reply format. I worship in a different style and according to some different beliefs. \n\nThere are several more points of difference...\n\nNone of these differences takes away from the fact that both Catholics and myself believe Jesus to be the Savior and the Son of God (part of the Trinity) - and this is the most important and central belief of Christianity.
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I UNDERSTAND YOU. THE CATHOLICS DONT READ THE BIBLE LIKE THE OTHERS PEOPLES DO IT.  THEY TAKE IT EASY. TOO EASY.
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there are some stunning truths they generally would agree on:\nthe Athenasian  trinity,  God is one in essense but three in persons\nthe incarnation of Jesus  as God with us,  the Messiah\nthe death and physical resurection of Jesus\nthe visible return of Jesus\nthe hypostatic union,  Jesus having two natures, Jesus being fully God and fully man\nsame 10 commendmants numbered slightly different\nthey both generally appreciate  writers like Toliken (Catholic)  and CS Lewis (protestant)  who themselves were friends\n\nsome disagreements:\nProtestants consider themselves catholic (note the little c,  part of the church universal in time and space)\nProtetants believe in double imputation:  Jesus took their sins and creditted them His righteous act of dying on the cross\nProtestants believe in salvation by faith alone\nProtestants do not bleiev you become a Christian because you are baptized as a baby, even when they baptize babies its more of a dedication\nProtestants are less likely to use pictures or sttues in worship or pray to someone other than God the Father, Son or Spirit\nProtestants honor Mary as an example  but as a sinner saved by grace\nProtestants (usually) use the same books of the Bibles as Jewish people would,  Catholics add some apocrophal books never quoted in the new testament  but the Bibles are almost the same\n\n  Protestants and Catholics and Eastern Orthodox people may or may not be Christians,  it depends on whether they have saving faith  Catholics may be surprized to find the Greek orthodox people trace their bishops back to the Bishop of Jerusalem and therefor to Peter.  Protestants emphasise getting back to original teachings of the apostles,  Catholics emphasize an unbroken  chain of authoirty back to the apostles.
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same ........ Catholic means christian..... Cathlocism was the basis for all religion and with all things that start out good, man eventually perverts it. I believe that Catholics and Christians all have some element of truth within their doctrine, but on the other hand each has their own faults. So I won't say which is better...yada yada yada\nThat's like trying to compare apples to oranges. As long as the person is a Born again believer they can differ on the fine points of religion.\n\n\nand AJ GET A LIFE!\n\nHave you heard of this? If so why do YOU sat it????\nThe Nicene Creed\nI believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.\n\nAnd in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.\n\nWho, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.\n\nAnd I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.\n\nAnd I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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Roman Catholic and I attend mass almost every week. I do go with my friends to their Christian Fellowships, some being born again. I also attend the occasional Jehovah's Witness meeting, when friends ask. I don't try to be ignorant to other belief system and I do think the underlying theme with most faiths are similar. Everyone believes in the same God but have different versions of him :)
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It depends. Are they Catholic?
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Yes, Midge. there is and we have to stop it. Especially us Catholics. We can't just change the whole doctrine of the church just for "Tolerance" and "Appeasement" . We need to keep our church whole and traditional. The Catholic church has been pretty black and white in the past, now some of it is becoming gray. I hardly hear much in my church anymore about pro-life issues. Only the small groups do anything about it, but it is no longer preached. What's happening here? Can't be a liberal Catholic!\nGod Bless and Merry Christmas to you!
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For mainstream Catholics and Protestants, there are minor disagreements on minor points of doctrine. All of the important stuff, like Jesus is the Messiah, totally agreed upon.\n\nSome Catholics and Protestants on the fringes, blow our few disagreements into huge issues and cause much trouble.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Its a good question. I don't think CSLewis was being particularly pluralist. He may have just been talking about the catholics. At the time he was writing there was lots of controversy about whether catholics were christians.\nIn his book 'mere christianity' he says that he believes that following Jesus is the only was of serving God. \nOf course, the narnia books are fiction so maybe its just a damn good story.
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Collective brainwashing is far more efficient than doing it one person at a time. This is true for all churches not only Catholic.
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The Catholic Church and most Protestant denominations.
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+ Enormous Hierarchy +\n\nThere are 1.1 billion Catholics in the world and the number is growing. Do you think the apostles ever thought there would be more that a million people for every bishop (successors of the Apostles)?\n\n+ The Pope +\n\nJesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:17-19)\n\nThe Catholic Church believes the Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.\n\nThe current Pope is the successor of Peter in an unbroken line from the direct words of Jesus Christ.\n\n+ Celibacy +\n\nFirst, Judeo-Christian tradition has always held that single people be celibate. This is taught by Judaism and Christianity from before the Scriptures were written down.\n\nThe question should be: Why can't priests marry?\n\nThis idea came from the Jews, John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Apostle Paul.\n\nThe Jews. The Talmud argues that a person whose “soul is bound up with the Torah and is constantly occupied with it” may remain celibate (Maimonides, Laws of Marriage 15.3). This argument could certainly have been based on the biblical example of Jeremiah, a celibate prophet who was ordered by Yahweh not to marry (Jeremiah 16:1-4). Moreover, the Essenes was a group that was active in Jesus’ time that practiced celibacy and thought by most scholars to be the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.\n\nJohn the Baptist and Jesus are both believed to have been celibate for their entire lives. Some scholars believe that either or both Jesus and John the Baptist were influenced in their celibacy by the example of the Essenes.  \n\nThe Apostle Paul is explicit about his celibacy (see 1 Cor. 7). There is also evidence in the gospel of Matthew for the practice of celibacy among at least some early Christians, in the famous passage about becoming “eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 19:12).  \n\nThe concept took many twists and turns over the years and will probably take a few more before Christ returns in glory.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Yes, they are all saints. I do know that Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine were virgins and martyrs. They have that in common. Saint Margaret and Saint Cahterine are ranked as one of the fourteen most helpful saints in heaven. I would assume that Saint Michael is there also. So, I think that may be your answer?