[libdestroyer]

Can we count Catholicism in the non-Christian category?

[Salvation]

Why would you say that? Jesus Christ, Word and Sacrament, centers the worship of the Catholic Church. Catholics also believe in the Holy Trinity, God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.

Mormons don’t have these beliefs at all.

[kosciusko51]

Likewise, can we count those who believe the Bible “contains the word of God” but is not “the Word of God” in the non-Christian category?

[Salvation]

The Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ on the Apostles, the first Bishops! Look at the facts!!!!

What is the History of Your Church?

 

Church	Year Established	Founder	Where Established
Catholic	33	Jesus Christ	Jerusalem
Orthodox	1054	Schismatic Catholic Bishops	Constantinople
Lutheran	1517	Martin Luther	Germany
Anabaptist	1521	Nicholas Storch & Thomas Munzer	Germany
Anglican	1534	Henry VIII	England
Mennonites	1536	Menno Simons	Switzerland
Calvinist	1555	John Calvin	Switzerland
Presbyterian	1560	John Knox	Scotland
Congregational	1582	Robert Brown	Holland
Baptist	1609	John Smyth	Amsterdam
Dutch Reformed	1628	Michaelis Jones	New York
Congregationalist	1648	Pilgrims and Puritans	Massachusetts
Quakers	1649	George Fox	England
Amish	1693	Jacob Amman	France
Freemasons	1717	Masons from four lodges	London
Methodist	1739	John & Charles Wesley	England
Unitarian	1774	Theophilus Lindey	London
Methodist Episcopal	1784	60 Preachers	Baltimore, MD
Episcopalian	1789	Samuel Seabury	American Colonies
United Brethren	1800	Philip Otterbein & Martin Boehn	Maryland
Disciples of Christ	1827	Thomas & Alexander Campbell	Kentucky
Mormon	1830	Joseph Smith	New York
Methodist Protestant	1830	Methodist	United States
Church of Christ	1836	Warren Stone & Alexander Campbell	Kentucky
Seventh Day Adventist	1844	Ellen White	Washington, NH
Christadelphian (Brethren of Christ	1844	John Thomas	Richmond, VA
Salvation Army	1865	William Booth	London
Holiness	1867	Methodist	United States
Jehovah's Witnesses	1874	Charles Taze Russell	Pennsylvania
Christian Science	1879	Mary Baker Eddy	Boston
Church of God in Christ	1895	Various churches of God	Arkansas
Church of Nazarene	c. 1850-1900	Various religious bodies	Pilot Point, TX
Pentecstal	1901	Charles F. Parkham	Topeka, KS
Aglipayan	1902	Gregorio Aglipay	Philippines
Assemblies of God	1914	Pentecostalism	Hot Springs, AZ
Iglesia ni Christo	1914	Felix Manalo	Philippines
Four-square Gospel	1917	Aimee Semple McPherson	Los Angeles, CA
United Church of Christ	1961	Reformed and Congregationalist	Philadelphia, PA
Calvary Chapel	1965	Chuck Smith	Costa Mesa, CA
United Methodist	1968	Methodist and United Brethren	Dallas, TX
Born-again	c. 1970s	Various religious bodies	United States
Harvest Christian	1972	Greg Laurie	Riverside, CA
Saddleback	1982	Rick Warren	California
Non-denominational	c. 1990s	various	United States

[Rashputin]

The real question is should we count as non-Christian those who after twelve hundred years revised the Christian canon to avoid some things they didn't agree with by throwing out portions of the OT.

Adding The Book of Mormon and claiming it, too, is inspired differs in magnitude but not in kind from throwing out the books of the OT. Or, is the assertion that it's OK to throw out portions of the Scripture but not to add to the Scripture?

Mormons do not believe Jesus Christ, God from God, is our risen Savior which means they are not Christian no matter what they like to call themselves. Those who today are focused on being anti-Mormon and tomorrow focused on being anti-Something else but agree with what Joseph Smith said about the Catholic Church and about Christian denominations or groups other than their own are just like Joseph Smith. They're people who have made up their own religion and claim it's Christian but who in reality are not Christian.

[crosshairs]

Can we count Catholicism in the non-Christian category?

No doubt.