Why do some people think that Catholics aren't Christian?

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It seems that the whole “Are you Catholic or Christian?” thing probably goes back to the Protestant Reformation. Especially in majority Protestant countries (which has historically included the US), Catholics have been met with suspicion. Most Protestants (especially low church Protestants and most especially “non-denominational” Protestants) will say that Christians follow the Bible - Catholics follow the Pope. In other words, the idea is that we would obey the Pope even if the Pope were the Antichrist himself and told us to do things incompatible with the Christian faith (e.g., ordered us to worship him as God). And as many Protestant reformers (including Luther) believed that the Pope really was the Antichrist, the question really meant, “Do you follow Jesus or do you follow the Pope?” As years, decades, and centuries passed, and as more and more separation came between Protestants and Catholics, Protestants ended up having more and more misconceptions about what the Catholic Church teaches and taught their misconceptions as truth - reinforcing their ideas that Catholics really aren’t Christians at all.
 
Protestants are missing 1,500 years of Tradition that makes anything they say about Catholic Faith false because they don’t understand that their reilgions are anti biblical and that without the Church to guide them in interpretation of the Holy Bible they fall in to ancient heresies such as nostianism which denied that Our Lady was The Mother of God.

The Only True Christians are Catholics because we’re there since the Church began at Pentacost even the orthodox churches date back to 1054. I am merely stating historical truth and Church Teaching.

I highly recommend Mr. Atkins book on the early church fathers how they were 100 percent Catholic in teachings and respect the Holy Papacy.
 
I believe it’s been stated here before that with the rise of non-denominational evangelical churches, members refer to themselves as just “Christian.” Anyone who believes as they do is also given that label. If you say you are a Methodist, they might concede and call you a Christian. Catholic? Not so much. It has little to do with church history or even theology, but rather who holds their belief structure and who does not. I will concede, however, that Roman Catholics are extremely suspicious to them, for a whole host of reasons.
 
ComplineSanFran said:
I believe it’s been stated here before that with the rise of non-denominational evangelical churches, members refer to themselves as just “Christian.” Anyone who believes as they do is also given that label. If you say you are a Methodist, they might concede and call you a Christian. Catholic? Not so much. It has little to do with church history or even theology, but rather who holds their belief structure and who does not. I will concede, however, that Roman Catholics are extremely suspicious to them, for a whole host of reasons.
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One of the reasons, is that Catholicism is foreign to Americans, especially WASPs.
 
JustaServant

I understand that Our Faith accepts thier baptisms as valid and accepts them as believers in Christ. All that I am saying is that protestants and orthodox don’t follow Historical Christianity but their own verson of it and it would be unfair to them to not convert them to The One True Faith founded by Christ which is Catholicism.

This is Church Teaching and it cannot be denied.
 
I am always proud to say that I am a ROMAN CATHOLIC…that way I get to meet others like me as well who would love Jesus as well as the Holy Family…

If they won’t accept me for being a Roman Catholic, then they are not worth my time!!!
 
Trad_Catholic27 said:
JustaServant

I understand that Our Faith accepts thier baptisms as valid and accepts them as believers in Christ.
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And calls the Christians for clarification for readers of the thread:

CCC

818 “However, one cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these communities [that resulted from such separation] and in them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic Church accepts them with respect and affection as brothers . . . . All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church.”

scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p3.htm#I
 
ComplineSanFran said:
Foreign? How so?
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A lot of Catholic practices such as processions, Rosary, novenas, maybe very familiar to people living in say Southern Europe or Latin America, but to the average American living in the Bible Belt, Catholicism and its practices are quite foreign.
 
History of the Catholic Church in the United States is filled with anti Catholic attacks against the Church for example in 12 of the 13 colonies it was illegal to be a Catholic or to attend Mass.

This nation has not changed it’s anti Catholic attacks against The Church we see these attacks carried out by the pro death policies of the democratic party and the attacks made against the Holy Father by the republican party because he defended Tradional Catholic social teaching.
 
The orthodox churches have a valid priesthood that is true. but the reason for the schism was for purely political reasons due to the Byzantinie emperor’s constant interference with Church politics. Even after the schism between Rome the orthodox bishops have always fought amongst themselves over their national churches ability to govern freely without state getting involved.

Thier is a reason for the Papacy that Christ established which is protect doctrine and the bishops form having endless confict over authority.
 
Catholic Church has always taught that the state must be guided by The teaching of Christ and His Catholic Church along with the fact that Catholicism must be The State Religion. The oriental orthodox churches schismed form the eastern orthodox because of theological differences between them an orthodox friend told me that they are planning to discuss these issues at a council later this year.

The age of enlightenment and The protestant revolution lead to a distablizing of the natural order that God had established which lead to the evils of modernism that have been attacking the Church since the French Revolution.

Christ desires for protestants and orthodox to enter into full communion with Rome because we must be One as the Holy Trinity is One.
 
I’ve heard that Catholics are not Christians because they “worship Mary”. Apparently. Never seen it myself though. :rolleyes:
 
Mayita30 said:
The first Christians were Catholics…
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The first Christians were actually Jews. And then they were known as people of ‘The Way’ or ‘Nazarenes’ or even ‘Disciples.’ And then eventually they were called ‘Christians.’
 
Regardless if Christians are Catholics or Catholics are Christians I know this- when I see that intense passion and love for God when i can see and feel that fire within the believer I can only assume they are saved
 
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