what is the difference between and catholic and christian?
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Christian is the tree. Catholic is the branch of the tree.
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christian religion follow god \nbuddism follow stons and pagans
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I would say that a "Christian" is a person who reads the Bible, praises God, and lives a "good" life by his/her religions standards. A "Hell-fire Christian" is one who is "on fire for God". They believe anything a preacher says, anything the Bible says, and translates the Bibles words in the most literal sense. They see anyone that is less than perfect, even though they are as well, as heathens and try to bring the word of God to them at all costs.
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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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Catholics are pagans and Christianity (generally) is a pagan religion. Christians do not follow the Ten Commandment or any other known rules.
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Almost all important doctrine is completely agreed upon between Catholic Christians and most other Christians. \n\nThere are some minor doctrine issues and some major cultural and traditional differences which, I believe, do not matter that much.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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A christian is a person who believes in God\nA satanist is a person who believes in Satan
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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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Try Wikipedia. Look at this link, and then, go to the very bottom and click on the other links: Catholicism, Roman Catholic... etc.\n\nAnd also, Catholics are Christians, what are you talking about?
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I never said Catholics aren't Christian, i said Roman Catholicism is not christian.\n\nhere's why: the "Pope" means "father", priests are called "father"\nJesus said "call no man father"\n\nThe bible says over and over and over "you shall have no graven images before me". Yet that church has idols EVERYWHERE.\n\nThe bible says to pray to God, that church says pray to saints.\n\nI could go on and on, but the point is, if you confess Jesus as Lord, and believe God raised him from the dead, you are a christian (romans 10:9)\n\nIf you forbid your priests to marry and command people to abstain from certain foods, your are preaching "doctrines of demons" (1st Timothy 4:1-3)\n\npeace\n\nEDIT: I forgot a biggie - that church teaches the Pope is the head of the body of believers - the bible says Jesus is the head of the church\n\nEDIT2: Nice language in your question by the way. I don't think you are gullible idiots, I think most of you were raised Catholic, and the fear of being excommunicated (another UNbiblical term) keeps some of you from leaving or even questioning. is it bigoted to say, "Your church does not teach what I believe is the truth about my religion, therefore it is not my religion?" No way.\n\nI will ask this: how can you support a church that allowed, even covered up the pedophile priest scandal? How can you support a church that sanctioned the crusades and the Inquisition? I like Catholics, and I think most of them ARE Christians, it's their church leadership and doctrine that I have a problem with.\n\nYOU asked the question, are you interested in my answer? By the thumbs down I have gotten, I think not.
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oh the one thing that you can be sure of is the Bible!\n\nif ur a believer of Christ, you are called a Christian.. But the concept of Religion enters when a person decides for his/her religious practices...\n\nChrist did not established religion. he didnt indicate if His church is catholic/baptist etc.\n\nand i can say that Roman Catholic Church is not the true Church...  it is because its doctrines are corrupted...\nchristianity is for real but not until Constantine made Christianity as a state religion for the byzantine empire...\n\nas you know, romans have different gods. They are pagan! when Christianity came, people dont know the nature of Christianity, its doctrines etc. They just know that Christ was the Messiah.... so that means people did not leave their sinful nature (idolatry, worshipping gods). So that is why we have Catholic Church, full of idol worship..\n\nÜ The Bible, the only thing that has not been changed even before Creation, will set you free... Coz the truth will set you free. God bless you!
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True Christians do not revere (to regard somebody with admiration and deep respect) Mary, the mother of Jesus and the Apostles. Christians don't pray to Mary nor the saints. They do not believe in praying to the images of Mary and the saints.\n\nTrue Christians directly pray to God through Jesus Christ. \nCatholics believe that they have to go thru purgatory first before going to heaven. Catholics believe that when you pray for the dead, they will have a 2nd chance to get to heaven by being cleansed in the purgatory. Catholics do not have the faith that Jesus is the only ONE they need to get to heaven.\n\nChristians believe that when they accepted Jesus Christ, confess their sins and truly repented from their sins, they believe that they will go straight to heaven.
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I'll tell you my bias from the beginning. I am a protestant. I do, however, consider Catholics to be my brothers and sisters in Christ. Both Catholics and Protestants believe that Jesus is the Messiah that was promised to the Jews. We both believe that He was born of a virgin, died for our sins, and rose from the dead. The Catholic New Testament and the Protestant New Testament are the same. The main difference between Catholics and Protestants today is the value given to tradition. The Catholics seem to value tradition as highly as I value Scripture. I have also heard some people argue convincingly that the Catholic view of pennance and purgatory deny the finished work of Jesus on the cross. While I disagree with some Catholic doctrines, I still believe them to be Christians.
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A Christian is one who follows Christ. Catholics are Christians but not all Christians are Catholic. A Christian can be Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, etc.
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catholicism is one of the two major branches of christianity, the other being protestantism. protestantism was founded by martin luther in the 15th century as a rebellion against what he perceived as the corruption of the then-current christian church. he wanted christianity to focus more upon the teachings of the bible rather than those that the church had built upon them. this was called the reformation. the church responded to this with the counter-reformation, which gave rise to catholicism.\n\nthe current differences are that the catholics have a far greater canon than protestantism, for instance they believe in the power of the saints, the authority of the pope, and the divinity of mother mary, none of which is written in the bible. the pope is the highest authority for theological questions. the protestants, on the other hand, tend to keep their canon far simpler, and consider the bible to be the highest authority, and that it should be interpreted individually by each person. they also tend to view religion as more of an individual, personal affair -- a personal relationship with god, while for the catholics it is more of a structured, community affair.
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Christian is someone who has faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind
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Catholicism is a branch of Christianity.  Not believing in the Bible defeats the purpose of Christianity.  You can't claim to be a Christian yet not believe in the one book that Christianity is all about.