What is the difference between catholic Mormon and christian?

Answer 1

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) is a Christian church, but it is not a Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox Christian Church. It is considered a Restorationist Christian Church.

Mormons, like all Christians, believe that salvation comes only through Jesus Christ and that The Bible is the Word of God. However, they believe that true Christianity was lost from the earth shortly after the death of the Apostles. Therefore they do not believe in any of the traditional Christian Creeds (such as the Nicene Creed) which were written several centuries later. They also believe that true Christianity could only be restored to the earth by Jesus Christ himself, rather than remodeled or reformed from an existing church. They believe that this happened in the 1820's and 1830's, when Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith, Jr. and restored the original doctrines and authority of the Biblical Christian Church. Some other beliefs that set them apart from mainstream Christian churches are a belief in modern prophets, personal revelation, salvation for the dead, and all-lay ministry. Of course, there are many different Christian churches, and Mormons are more similar to some than to others.

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Answer 2

Mormon polygamy is practiced by a few sects and each would have their own rules. (The largest sect by far, the LDS church, doesn't allow polygamy any longer.)

Christian groups are smaller and less visible, not as organized and much harder to describe.

Mormon polygamy is based on a 'revelation from God' to Joseph Smith in the 1840s as documented in the Doctrine and Covenants section 132.

Christian polygamy is based on their interpretation of the Bible.

Answer 3

Generally speaking, a Christian is anyone who believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of man - this includes Catholics and Mormons.

-Catholics believe that their church and authority has continued in an unbroken line from Jesus Christ's apostle, Peter.

-Mormons believe that the full truth and authority of the Christian Church in the New Testament was lost shortly after the death of the original Apostles, and was restored to the earth by Jesus Christ himself, as well as John the Baptist and the Apostles Peter, James, and John to the prophet Joseph Smith in the 1830's.

-Other Christians (including Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, etc) have other claims linking themselves to the 'true' branch of Christianity, or believe that no one church need be the one true continuation of New Testament Christianity.

Because each of these Christian denominations has evolved independently, some of their doctrines and practices differ from each other, but their main difference is in their claim to truth and authority, while their similarity remains in their Christianity - their belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and in the Bible as God's Sacred Word.