Most of the Roman Catholics I've encountered on these threads and in real life when asked what their faith is reply as Roman Catholic....not Christian.
Are some Roman Catholics genuine believers? Possible.
However, based on how Roman Catholicism teaches one comes to a saving faith in Christ....then no....their view is different than what is presented in the Bible.
One of the primary differences between Roman Catholicism and Christianity is how the Mass or the Lord's Supper is understood.
Roman Catholicism teaches the Mass is a continual resacrifice of Christ where Christ is called down from Heaven to be rendered on their altar not once, but a thousand times.
The New Testament teaches Christ offered a once for all sacrifice for our sins. (Hebrews 10:12-18)
Roman Catholicism teaches that Mary is a Co-Redemptrix upon whom we can cast all of our cares and petitions. Some Roman Catholic writers even say Mary is necessary for salvation....that without Mary's help you cannot come to Christ.
Christianity teaches there is one mediator and that is Christ upon whom we can entrust all of our cares and petitions (1 Timothy 2:5; John 14:13-14; 1 Peter 5:7).
Roman Catholicism teaches you cannot know for sure if you are going to Heaven.
Christianity teaches you can know you are going to Heaven through faith in Christ (1 John 5:13. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.)
Those are some of the major differences.
Wrong. The word "resacrifice" is never, ever used by actual Catholics, because that's not what we believe.
Roman Catholicism teaches you cannot know for sure if you are going to Heaven.
By your logic, Lutherans, Anglicans, "Free Will" Baptists, and many other Protestant groups are not Christians either.
Christianity and nonstop Catholic bashing ... there is a difference.
>> Those are some of the major differences.<<
Correct. And each one is based on misinterpretation and misunderstandings (often intentional) of the Scriptures upon which they are based.
As a point of clarification, Mary is not a co-Redemptrix in Catholic church teaching. And Christ is not re-sacrificed at mass.... don’t preach untruths about a faith to which you do not belong. Either you are lying or ignorant, hard to say which is worse. “Some Catholic writers” is not the position of the church and cannot be taken as doctrine which is found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Prove it.
put your money where your mouth is.
Please list a few of these Roman Catholic writers. Where did you hear about this concept about Mary? It is definitely not the teaching of the Catholic Church. I find it interesting that some people, uneducated about the teachings of the Catholic Church, feel free to speak so definitively about something that is factually untrue.