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What makes a Catholic a Catholic?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019
  • Believe in Jesus and God
  • Believe that God is a Man
  • Believe that Mary is a Virgin
  • Believe that Jesus is the Son of God
  • Believe that Jesus died for our sins
  • You have to be Baptized by a Priest

CATHOLIC ANSWER:

The complete/full "Deposit of the Catholic Faith" - the entirety of what must be believed as Truth by all Catholics -- is contained in The Catechism of the Catholic Church, available online at:

http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm as well as in hard-copy in most bookstores.

Catholic Clarification to 1st Responder's Answer:

1. Believe that Jesus IS God incarnate

2. Believe that Jesus was 100% human and 100% Divine at the same time -- a theological mystery.

3. re: Mary - okay

4. Believe that Jesus is the ONLY Begotten Son of God -- not created. There was never a time when The Son did not exist with The Father and The Spirit.

5. Jesus died for our sins -- okay, basically.

6. You do not have to be baptized by a priest. The Catholic Church recognizes Christian baptism of almost all Christian denominations -- the LDS is one exception -- providing the proper/biblical "Trinitarian formula" is used. Thus, if a person was baptized by a Baptist or Presbyterian, etc. minister and the person later converts to the Catholic faith, he/she would not be re-baptized. He/she would only be Confirmed in the Catholic faith/church.

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