the word Christian means something to the effect of "someone who follows christ... a person who follows the teachings of christ...etc..."
if catholics believe in Jesus Christ and they follow his teachings as part of their canon then based off of the definitions i have proposed that would make them Christian. unless christian means anti catholic sects now
and by the way.... catholics have different books in their bibles then do other churches. they have the Apocrypha and i'm not aware of too many other churches that have bibles with that located in the back. you might counter with... the apocrypha is a different book... but its in their canon of holy texts... so their holy texts consists of similar but different texts than other christian faiths.
plus there are others that have differing numbers of books that they adhere to in their old testaments. my intro to old testament teacher told me that... so that's all the source i have for you
all that to say... no... we don't all have the same book
u will occasionally find crazy pastors like that... sad truth... even those that will say that a particular congregation of one type of church is better than even all of the other churches of that particular type.
if catholics believe in Jesus Christ and they follow his teachings as part of their canon then based off of the definitions i have proposed that would make them Christian. unless christian means anti catholic sects now
Let's see.
Christian "Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians believe Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ in Greek-derived terminology) prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, and the Son of God."
Catholic "The Church sees its mission as spreading the gospel of Christ, administering its sacraments and exercising charity."
Well if they believe in the spreading the word of Christ it would stand to reason they are a religion based on a Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. So yeah I would call them Christians.
I need clarification...what's the New and Old Testament?
no worries.... I had a chinese exchange student once ask "who was Jesus" in either my old or new testament class...
The Christian Bible (apocrypha excluded...(catholic thing)) is separated into two halves... the defining line for the separation of these halves is the arrival of the supposed messiah (savior), son of God, Jesus Christ. The Old Testament is the compilation of the history of the Jewish people prior to Jesus arrival to the scene. The New Testament is supposedly the story of Jesus' time here on this earth and the aftermath... basically its all during/post Jesus' stint here on earth.
knowing what people actually believe is verry nice if you want to discuss religion. (we learn at school about rituals and religous holidays, but not about what the believers actually think. maby because that's hard to ask on a test. well then it's not weird that people question religion.)
here in holland, there are some churches with under 100 followers... the reformation had a great influence here. every village has a minimum of 3 different churches, and every village has different ones. some people have to travel more than 100 kilometers for their church! well, time to merge, I think.
I believe they, and Jesus too, were Jewish, since Christianity didn't even exist back then.
Christian just means 'Christ Follower.' Many of the first converts were born Jewish but they gave up their heritage for Christ. Also, what about the Christians in Corinth? or ThessalonÃÂki? how about Rome?
Hey, I read up quite widely on their history, particularly the Schism and Reformation.
Christian just means 'Christ Follower.' Many of the first converts were born Jewish but they gave up their heritage for Christ. Also, what about the Christians in Corinth? or ThessalonÃÂÂki? how about Rome?
Not exactly. The Torah is only the first 5 books of the Old Testament, Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy. The Biblical Old Testament actually contains far more books than just these 5, however they are the only works which make up the Jewish holy text.
I think why some christians don't believe they are catholics is just what was stated in the first comment. Catholics are a subset of Christianity. Not just in religion but in a lot of different types of businesses, lifestyles, politics, etc, people tend to distance themselves from subsets of their own kind if they no longer see fit to their morals. This is only form what i have learned and gathered through my own eyes.
