Christians believe in Christ hence the name. Do Catholics believe in Christ?
of course Catholics believe in Christ...do Protestants, Methodists or Baptists believe in Christ???
1) i’m a practicing Catholic all my life and believe, like all walks of life, there are good and bad in the religion and there are some who put the religion ahead of Christ....
2) for years I worked with dozens of born again Christians and while many were good people and equal number of them believed since they had “accepted Christ in my heart I am saved” they could do whatever the freak they wanted..of course these people were the most judgmental in the office and the one’s ripping people off and getting fined for violations....but they were saved because they said they accepted Christ in their hearts...
“Christians believe in Christ hence the name. Do Catholics believe in Christ?”
Do Southern Baptists only believe in baptizing Southern people? What do Methodists believe in? What do Episcopalians believe in?
The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
I am Catholic. This is what I believe. Now tell me I don’t believe in Jesus Christ. Four Congressional Medals since WW1 have been awarded to Catholic Chaplains. Can you tell me they didn’t believe in Jesus Christ?
It confuses a non-RC, such as myself.
Critically speaking, the RC seems to have over embellished the worship of god, ie:
Saints, Popes, Vatican wealth and army to guard it, sacraments, shrines, hierarchy, non-biblical teachings, ie: purgatory, papal infallibility, lost souls, etc.
Yet, much good has come from the RC: preservation of god’s word, King James bible, the foundation of universities, hospitals, charities, human rights advocacy, etc.
In the end, I’m grateful for all of the good the RC has provided fellow men, and hope in these complicated and possibly final days, we all do our best to benefit one another and glorify god.