What are some similarities between Quakers and Catholics?

Answer 1

== == In reponse to the question "What are the similarities..." the following is a list of seven doctrines on which Catholicism and Seventh Day Adventism agree; the list is not exhaustive. Quotes are from the official website of the Adventist Church and various official Catholic Church texts. 1. The Holy Scriptures are God's word: "The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" (Adventist website) "For holy mother Church… holds that the books of both the Old and New Testaments in their entirety, with all their parts, are sacred and canonical because written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author." (Dei Verbum 11) 2. The Trinity: Three persons in One God:

"There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present."(Adventist website) "Christians are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: not in their names, for there is only one God, the almighty Father, his only Son and the Holy Spirit: the Most Holy Trinity".(Catechism 233) 3. Humanity is made in the Divine Image "Man and woman were made in the image of God with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do" (Adventist website) ."Being in the image of God the human individual possesses the dignity of a person, who is not just something, but someone…and he is called by grace to a covenant with his Creator, to offer him a response of faith and love that no other creature can give in his stead" (Catechism 357) 4. Christ is Saviour"In Christ's life of perfect obedience to God's will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for human sin, so that those who by faith accept this atonement may have eternal life, and the whole creation may better understand the infinite and holy love of the Creator" (Adventist website) "Christ's death is both the Paschal sacrifice that accomplishes the definitive redemption of men, through "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world", and the sacrifice of the New Covenant, which restores man to communion with God by reconciling him to God through the "blood of the covenant, which was poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." (Catechism 613) "The Paschal mystery has two aspects: by his death, Christ liberates us from sin; by his Resurrection, he opens for us the way to a new life" (Catechism 654) 5. Sacrament of Baptism "By baptism we confess our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testify of our death to sin and of our purpose to walk in newness of life. Baptism is a symbol of our union with Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, and our reception of the Holy Spirit." (Adventist website) "Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as children of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission (Catechism 1213) and "By Baptism all sins are forgiven…In those who have been reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the Kingdom of God." (Catechism 1263) 6. Sacrament of Holy Communion "The Lord's Supper is a participation in the emblems of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in Him, our Lord and Saviour. In this experience of communion Christ is present to meet and strengthen His people. As we partake, we joyfully proclaim the Lord's death until He comes again." (Adventist website)"Father, we now celebrate this memorial of our redemption. We recall Christ's death, his descent among the dead, his resurrection, and his ascension to your right hand; and, looking forward to his coming in glory, we offer you his body and blood, the acceptable sacrifice which brings salvation to the world" (Eucharistic Prayer IV) 7. Spreading the Gospel "We join together for worship, for fellowship, for instruction in the Word, for the celebration of the Lord's Supper, for service to all mankind, and for the worldwide proclamation of the gospel." (Adventist website) "Since this mission goes on and in the course of history unfolds the mission of Christ Himself, who was sent to preach the Gospel to the poor, the Church, prompted by the Holy Spirit, must walk in the same path on which Christ walked." (Ad Gentes 5) In addition the structure of the Adventist church is hierarchical, with the General Conference President comparable to the Pope and Division, Union and Conference presidents corresponding to Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops. The Adventist church claims to be a democracy, but candidates in church elections are preselected by the organisation (nominated) and decisions are tightly controlled from the higher levels. Clergy are appointed to local churches without consultation with the members of those churches and sometimes over the opposition of members. (The situation is different in some parts of North America and Australia, where a few churches have enforced their own choices by withholding tithe payments to the conference until their wishes are met. This is not the case in Britain and the rest of the world.)

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We are all created in God's imag.

It may be pointed out that the founders of the Adventist church were non-Trinitarian, adopting an Arian position. The church has been firmly Trinitarian since the late 1800s and the Pantheistic Controversy with Dr John Kellogg. It is true to say, however, that individual members of the Adventist church - like individual members of other Christian denominations - do not always understand the doctrine of the Trinity; some believe in a form of Modalism while others are Tri-theists.

Unfortunately there is a growing movement in the church to revert to the Arian views of its founders. It remains to be seen how this movement will fare.

Trinitarianism: One God; three distinct persons

Tri-theism: Three God Beings, one in purpose

Monotheism: One Being, One God, One Personality, there is non other == == == == == ==

Answer 2

Protestants are churches or groups of people who have broken away from the Roman Catholic church and/or each other in protest over some belief(s) or other. Depending on what they have denied will determine what their similarities are. As far as worship is concerned, the closer they are to the Church the more similar their worship service will be. Anglicans, for instance, are very close, maintaining the buildings that once belonged to the Church, and having a Communion service which is remarkably similar to the Mass, howbeit with the sacrificial elements removed. Quakers, Pentecostals, and Baptists on the other hand are far removed from a Catholic service. Similarly in beliefs, Martin Luther denied some very basic elements of the faith, but remained fairly close to the Christian church, Wesley denied even what Martin Luther retained, and others have denied both. Once you leave the Holy Roman Church, you have left the protection of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus had guaranteed to His church, and without that protection, splinter groups and new denominations breed very fast. I have heard that currently (2010 A.D.) there are over 30,000 different Protestant religions.

Answer 3

Well, both religions believe in basic biblical teachings, such as God, creation, Jesus, etc. The only real difference is their opinions on social issues.

Both are Christians with the same faith in Jesus as the son of God and that both testaments of the Holy Bible are true... there are many more similarities than differences.

Answer by a CatholicCatholicism is Christianity as established by Jesus Christ by His Teaching, Death, Resurrection, Ascension, and Sending of the Holy Spirit; and by His appointment of Peter (and his successors) as His Vicars on earth. Protestantism is a hybrid of different beliefs, MOST of which are based on some books of the Bible, that they are willing to accept, and on the teachings of Jesus Christ, as they understand them. At this point you must realize that the "they" in the last sentence is every individual as protestantism, in not recognizing any final authority on earth backed up by Our Blessed Lord, make each and every individual their own final authority. Protestantism was started as a system of dissent from Christ's Church by various individuals starting in the sixteenth century. It rapidly grew to many different, completely different "religions" all believing something slightly - or even wildly - different. At this point in history there are way over 30,000 denominations who all claim to be protestant in one decree or another, and many of whom will not even acknowledge that label.

So the whole real similarity between all the thousands of denominations know as "protestantism" and Catholicism is that Catholicism is the One, Holy, Apostolic, and Catholic Church, that it is taught and guaranteed by Our Blessed Savior as the only sure way to salvation, and that protestants are in disagreement with that - and each other. Protestants have little to nothing in common with each other, much less Catholicism. Most of them hold to some form of the Bible, and believe it to be inerrant to one decree or another, but not all of them. Most of them will come back to the "sacrament" of baptism as necessary as stated by Our Blessed Lord, but, again, not all of them. Bottom line? There are no similarities between "protestantism" and Catholicism. The only sure similarity between the various protestants is that they all hold that Catholicism is wrong.

Though the Protestant churches are independent in the relationship to the Catholic church, one might say that over the past twenty or so years the Protestant churches are now leaning further towards the mother church. It could also be said that they never really left it, but only changed some of the dogma.

Answer 4

The namesake of the Lutheran Church is Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic monk who lived in Germany in the medieval era. He questioned Church authority on a few matters during his day which became the dividing factors between the two Churches.

The Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church have many similarities. Both are theologically sacramentarian, both are historic and liturgical Churches (follow the order of the mass and the liturgical calendar), and both have episcopal forms of Church governance (while the Lutheran Church employs some congregational polity.) The Lutheran reformation, along with the Anglican reformation, was a "conservative reformation" unlike the Reformed movement, which is why the Lutheran and Anglican/Episcopal Churches more closely resemble the Roman Catholic Church, in belief and practice, than they do protestant Churches. Some Lutherans do not believe that the term "protestant" appropriately describes the Lutheran Church, due to implied associations with the Reformed and "Evangelical" Churches. While the Lutheran Church is not Roman Catholic, it is catholic. Some high church jurisdictions go by the label "Evangelical Catholic."

The cardinal doctrine of the Lutheran Church is that salvation is by the grace of God alone and that man can do nothing to save himself by his own works; and that good works are the fruits of salvation, not a means to attaining it. Faith is the vehicle of that grace and is awarded as a grace from God himself. Thus, the mantra of Lutheran theology that the means of salvation is: "Sola gratia. Sola fide." (Latin for "only by grace through faith.") In 1999, the Lutheran World Federation and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church officially signed a joint declaration stating, "By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works." The Lutheran and Roman Catholic Churches continue ecumenical dialogues, but have been unable to totally agree on some matters of faith. Despite those theological differences, the two Churches continue to work together on charitable and humanitarian efforts throughout the world.

Answer 5

There's not many. When Jehovah's Witnesses and Catholics use the same words, they often have very different meanings attached.

Both believe in the virgin birth.

Both believe in Jesus the Son of God: Catholics believe the Son of God to be distinct but within the nature of the Father, while JWs believe the Son of God of be both separate and distinct from the Father, Michael the Archangel, another lesser god.

Both Believe in a Creator God: Catholics believe in a trinity (three persons in one God) while JWs believe that only the Father is Almighty God and Creator with his Son Jesus/Michael as a lesser created god who created all other things.

Both Jehovah's Witnesses and Catholics believe in Divine judgement; Catholics believe God tortures the wicked forever in hellfire while JWs believe that eternal hell fire is not a biblical teaching and believe the wicked will be wiped from creation.

Both believe The Bible to be the word of God -- The Catholics have an extra 7 books in their bible The JWs only recognise the common 66 books.

Both praise God's name -- The Catholics do not tend to use the Divine name (YHWH) while the JWs believe that this name should be used.

Both have human leaders: The Catholics have a the pope while the JWs have the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Both believe that these positions are divinely appointed by Jesus Christ himself.

Both believe in Mary the mother of Jesus; Catholics believe Mary (Jesus' mother) mediates prayer, and so they pray to her, where as JWs only pray to Jehovah (the Father) even refusing to call on Jesus, they view this as idolatry.

Both value marriage; Catholic ministers are forbidden to marry while JWs recognise all their members as ministers and marriage is allowed.

Both reject the Theory of Evolution, humans coming from a common ancestor to apes.

Both believe that Adam was the first man, and that sin entered the world through him.

Both believe that Jesus died as a ransom for sin; Catholics believe this was everyones who believes, while JWs believe this was just the sin of Adam.

Both believe that your works save you.

Both believe that they are the only true followers of Christ.

Both believe the other to be deceived.

Answer 6

Because there are no requirements for any particular belief to be a Quaker it is never possible to say all Quakers believe any particular thing or not.

So there will be similarities between 'some' Quakers and probably 'some' Catholics, perhaps particularly a sense of a unity between all people.

Answer 7

Baptists and SDA both have Communion, worship the Lord, believe that Jesus died on the cross for us, they baptize people, follow the Ten Commandments, have Bible study, have deacon's and deaconist, and have to pay tithes.

Answer 8

My knee-jerk response is to say that they both believe in Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ as their savior; but as I have gotten older, and come to know more about the Presbyterian faith, I am coming to doubt that. The Jesus Christ that the Presbyterians worship is not the God that the Catholics worship. The Presbyterians believe in something called double predestination, which means that God deliberately created some men to be damned. This is such a repulsive notion to all of Christianity that I have to say that they actually have very little in common beyond feeling a need to be baptized.

Answer 9

Both creation stories are similar.