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IS BEING BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED MEAN I AM Catholic INSTEAD OF Christian?
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∙ 9y ago
Because you were baptized in the Catholic Church, you have the fullness of Christianity. I don't understand the question, because you are Catholic, you are a Christian. You need to talk to the local priest and start RCIA classes to learn about the great and wonderful gift you have been given as a Christian. You are in my prayers, I am so happy for you.
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∙ 9y agoJust discovered i was babtist and confirmed as a baby does that mean i am a catholic rather than christian?
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Candidates for admission into the Catholic Church are called what?
It depends on what their background is:A candidate is someone who has been previously baptized in another Christian faith. At the Easter Vigil, candidates will not be baptized since Baptism marks us with an indelible character. In other words, we may be baptized only once. Instead, candidates make a profession of faith, are confirmed, and receive the Eucharist.Catechumens are those individuals who have never been officially initiated into a church community prior to their entrance into the Catholic Church. At the Easter Vigil, catechumens celebrate all three Sacraments of Christian Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. Another way we state this is to say that catechumens are seeking full communion with the Church.
Your daughter has not been baptised and she's married a Roman catholic now with 2 children they want a christening and ar considering catholic but all the family have been baptised what should she do?
Speak to your local Catholic parish priest. Adults will need to go through a catechism/RCIA course at your local Catholic parish church. Since you have already been baptized, but in another Christian non-Catholic community, you will not be baptized again and instead you will go through another rite called the The Rite of Reception of Baptized Christians into the full Communion of the Catholic Church. I would strongly recommend you to speak to your local parish priest who will be more than happy to advise you.
What do you have to do to become a Catholic?
* Believe in God with all of your heart * Believe in Jesus the Savior * Believe in the Virgin Mary * Be Baptized by a Priest * Believe that Jesus saved us from sinBefore you do anything, go to the nearest Catholic bookstore and buy a copy of The Catechism of the Catholic Church. If you have any doubts about what someone is saying about the Catholic faith, this book has the right answers.Then, go to the nearest Catholic church and ask how to enroll in their RCIA program. This program may take one to two years, depending on if you have been validly baptized yet. In the meantime, go to Sunday Mass and other Masses as often as possible, but do not receive Communion yet (instead, when in the Communion line, cross your arms over your chest with your palms inward, and you'll receive a blessing). And most important of all: establish a time every day for prayer; if you do not pray, your faith will fail, guaranteed.ANSWER:1. You can read the Catechism of the Catholic Church online, here: http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm2. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) into the Catholic Church takes about 3 to 5 months.3. If you've not been baptized a Christian, then you'll be baptized, confirmed and receive Communion for the first time on Easter, usually the Easter Vigil Mass which is really quite beautiful and takes place the night before Easter Sunday morning. :-)
Why would the Mayflower voyagers consider this colony as an Advancement of the Christian Faith?
Because it would advance the Christian faith into another country instead of dying when the Catholic and Anglican church split in europe
Can a child who is baptised Catholic be converted to Coptic Orthodox?
People can be converted to whatever they want.Roman Catholic AnswerIf you are baptized Catholic, then you are bound by the laws of the Catholic Church. This is one of the reasons that, outside of a danger of death, a priest will not baptize an infant without assurance that the child will be raised in the faith. For a Catholic go "convert" to some other religion, including Coptic Orthodox, is known as apostasy and is very serious with respect to their eternal salvation. You would have to check with a priest, the technical term for converting to an Orthodox faith might be schism instead of apostasy. Anyway, it would be a serious sin.
How is the apostles creed used in christian catholic liturgy?
In the Roman Catholic Liturgy on all Sundays and Solemnities, the Nicene Creed is recited or sung. During Lent and the Easter season the Baptismal symbol of the Church is the Apostle's Creed and it may be used instead of the Nicene Creed.
If I am a C of E can I get my child christened Catholic?
Baptism (or 'Christening') of a child is the sacrament whereby the child is welcomed into the Christian church worldwide, and not into any particular denomination. One is not baptised a 'Catholic' a 'Methodist' or an 'Anglican'. One is baptised a Christian. Some denominations practice baptism of children (most notably Catholics), some only have adult baptism (Baptists) and some baptise both (Anglicans, Methodists). Some denominations do not have baptism at all (eg Salvationists) but have their own welcoming ceremony instead. So it makes not a scrap of difference whether or not your child is baptised a Catholic or an Anglican (despite what your Catholic priest might say!) - one is baptised into the Christian Church first and foremost. (Note that the only problem would come if the church into which they were baptised wasn't orthodox Christian - such as the Mormon Church, but that was not the question posed by the asker). So, if a member of any Christian denomination says that his or her baptism ceremony is more valid that anyone elses is not only telling an untruth, but going against all that Jesus himself taught. Baptism of your child into the Christian Church is what is important. The style of service that is used is a matter of personal preference but comes a very poor second. The main problem with Catholic baptism is that the Roman Catholic church considers itself the one, true, church (cf the Pope's statement earlier in 2008) - as do, of course, the Mormons, Moonies, and Jehovah's Witnesses (who is right then??). This is despite the heresies that the Catholic Church maintains, including purgatory, limbo, praying to saints, over-adulation of the Virgin Mary, celibacy of the priesthood and the infallibility of the Pope, as just a few examples, none of which are scriptural, and many of which are actually condemned (such as contacting the dead by praying to dead saints) by the Bible and stated in the Bible as abhorent to God. The Catholic excuse that these doctrines have been 'revealed' through tradition (similar to the heretical doctrines that have crept into, by revelation' what we regard nowadays as sects, and, if not based on the Bible and what scripture teaches, can be regarded as no more than vain invention by man). There is even a movement in the Catholic Church of making Mary 'co-redemptrix' with Jesus - ie also responsible for Human salvation, which goes contrary to all the Bible teaches. The Catholic Church, whilst still maintaining the arrogant view that it is still the 'one, true' church despite all these heresies and more, regards all other churches as other 'religions' despite the fact that the Catholic church is as far removed from the original Christian Church as many of the most heretical sects thoughout the last 2000 years. Thus, the Catholic Church will regard, wrongly, that baptism into the Catholic Church is the only true baptism, and that all true baptism is really Catholic baptism, despite the fact that other denominations practice valid baptism into the worldwide Christian Church. Baptism is a sacrament given to us and instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ, and not invented by the Catholic Church. So, what is important is baptism per se, not baptism in any particular denomination of church. Therefore for any deomination to suggest that its baptism is 'better' or 'more valid' or 'truer' than any other, or that its baptism is the baptism of the 'true' church is actually the height of arrogance, contrary to scripture, and rather abhorrent to God. === === You can have your child baptized in the Catholic Church provided you supply Catholic godparents who will raise the child according to the Catholic Faith. The Catholic Church believes in only one baptism: any valid baptism is a Christian baptism and since the Catholic Church identifies itself as the true Christian Church, any valid baptism is a Catholic baptism, regardless of the minister - even an atheist or someone in horrible mortal sins can validly baptize another in an emergency, and this baptism makes the soul a member of the Church. Thus every person who is validly baptized is baptized Catholic, regardless of minister or denomination and as such, the baptized is obliged to learn true Christian doctrine, the repository of which is contained in the Catholic Church of which the ministers have both the orders and authority to teach it. Contrary to the above position, it does matter in which Church one is baptized for if it is not in the true Church the child will grow up and lose the sanctifying grace supplied by the baptism by absorbing the religion that has taken the sacrament outside of the Church and learning heretical doctrines. As well, the means to grow and regain grace should it be lost through sin, that is the other sacraments, can only be provided by a validly ordained minister, and these will not be accessible to that soul.
What was the punishments for eve biting the apple?
Instead of everyone living in the Garden of Eden forever, everyone is now mortal. Each person has to be baptized to erase original sin (the sin that we are automatically born with: of eve and Adam taking the apple) and to become part of the Christian Church.
What happened to people in England if they decided to be Christian instead of Catholic?
Catholics are Christians. According to them, they are the only people who can rightly call themselves Christians.England was officially a Catholic country up to 1533 and again from 1553 to 1558. Before 1533 the only people who were not Catholic were the Jews who were expelled in the 13th century. People like the Lollards were considered to be heretics, bad Catholics, but Catholics nonetheless. During the five-year reign of Mary I (Bloody Mary) Protestants (who had by then established themselves as a different kind of Christian from Catholics) were severely persecuted. However, on Mary's death it was the Catholics who were severely persecuted (a number being tortured to death for their beliefs) and the open practice of the Catholic religion was forbidden in England and Great Britain from 1558 to 1791, a period of 233 years. So for a long period of English history, deciding to renounce the Catholic faith meant becoming a law-abiding citizen and not running the risk of prosecution or social oblivion as a result of your religion..Catholic AnswerAs noted above, your question makes no sense as Catholics are Christians. There are Christians who do not belong to the visible Catholic Church, those who are validly baptized and believe in the Nicene Creed in its traditional interpretation. If you want to know about people who chose to be protestant or nonconformists instead of Catholic, then you need to ask that question.
Can you go Mercy College as public instead of Catholic?
Yes, you may attend Mercy College if you are not Catholic.
What was St. Francis of Assisi's religion?
St Francis of Assisi was a Roman Catholic who criticized the excesses of Church officials and chose to shame them by giving up his wealthy inheritance and dressing in rags.He founded the order of the Franciscans which differed from other orders in that they spent their lives around the needy instead of sequestered in a monastery.
How many the denomination of protestantism?
That is very difficult to answer because of the change of definition. Originally a Protestant was a Catholic who protested against the false teaching and false doctrine of Rome. These were still Catholics but not in the eye's of Rome (the Vatican). They have since identified themselves as "Lutheran, Episcopalian, Church of England, and such but are still Catholics, but not Roman Catholic. Today there many denominations of Christian churches that do not identify themselves with the Catholic church in any way shape or form. These are the Christian churches you see in every neighborhood who usually follow the Bible as their authority instead of an administration.
