Three major differences between protestant and Catholic theology?

Answer 1

They don't believe that Mary should be revered so much, but they do believe that she gave birth to Jesus and all that.

They don't pray to the saints.

They don't have a pope.

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AnswerFrom a Catholic point of view, they can all be boiled down to one salient point: Catholics believe that they have free will, but that free will is only to accept or reject God. If you accept God then HOW you worship Him has been defined by Him, and HOW you act in your life has been defined by Him. Protestants biggest difference is that they believe they have free will to determine how they are going to worship God, they are going to determine which books of The Bible they are going to use (Martin Luther threw out seven books of the Old Testament that he disagreed with and protestants have stuck with his choices ever since). Every original protestant "church" was started by someone who couldn't live with the moral standards that the Church had preached as handed down to them from Our Blessed Lord, so they made their own standards up.

Answer 2

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic tradition is a little over twenty centuries old, the Protestant is not quite five.

The Catholic tradition was started by Jesus Christ, who guaranteed that it would remain until the end of time, and that He would be with it, AND send the Holy Spirit to guide it. The Protestant tradition was started by various individuals in the sixteenth century who didn't agreed with the teaching of Jesus Christ and started their own religions. They are all dead and gave no guarantees.

The Catholic tradition says that it is a way to lead a good life and has consistently proved that through twenty centuries of saints. The protestant tradition says that it is unnecessary to lead a good life, you only need to believe in the name of Jesus and you are saved. It's founding father, M. Luther, actually said you should go out and sin multiple times in order to show God's goodness.

(See the related question linked below)

Answer 3

Protestantism differs from Catholicism & Orthodoxy, in that it does not believe in Apostolic Succession, & does not believe in venerating the Virgin Mary and the Saints.

Catholicism differs from Protestantism & Orthodoxy in believing in Purgatory. It also believes in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

Orthodoxy differs from Catholicism & Protestantism in believing that a soul can still be Saved from Hell.

Answer 4

There is only one basic difference between Catholic and protestant beliefs: Catholics believe that you only have one choice in life, whether to accept or reject (ignore) Jesus Christ. If you accept Him, then you accept His Body, which is the Church. You must constantly make this choice throughout your life in every choice placed in front of you - for or against Christ.

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Protestants believe that they have lots of choices, as their interpretation of what they are going to believe is based on their own individual interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures (as mutilated by Martin Luther and company), thus they not only choose for or against Christ, but they determine HOW they are going to choose Christ. They tell God how they are going to worship Him, what they are going to believe, and how they are going to act.