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Anumber of years after Jesus died, the Christian church became divided. One group wanted to follow emperor Constantine's teachings, as he was the Holy Roman Emperor. Others wanted to follow St Paul's teachings, even though they were quite "out there" compared to Peter's and James's teaching.
The church that wanted to stay with the traditional teachings were in what is now Turkey, the main city of which was Byzantium. The other group, based in Rome were called Roman catholic christians. The word 'catholic' means "all-inclusive", and they became the Roman Catholic Church.
The other group became known as the Byzantines.
This group became the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, and so on.
Most of the mainstream Protestant churches call themselves catholic, lower case "c", in the sense of being all-unclusive, but are not Catholics, as in Roman.
What else can I help you with?
How do catholic take care of animals?
Why would catholics take care of animals any differently than any other Christian.
What is a Catholic blessing of non Catholic marriage?
Catholics do not recognize non-catholic marriages as blessed or sacramental. Which sounds bad, but no other churches besides the Anglicans, Catholics, and Orthodox consider marriage a sacrament anyway.
What does the Gnostic Bible and other ancient Gospels say about Catholics?
They don't say anything about Catholics, because there was no Catholic church as such at the time.
Can a Roman Catholic be married anywhere other than in a Catholic Church and be conforming with Canonical form?
No, Roman Catholics are required to be married in a Catholic Church, by a Catholic priest.
Do catholics tolerate other religions?
Yes we are. Even though our past with other religions is not pleasant, we do not dislike other religions. It is true that Catholicism is tolerant of other religions, although it took a long time, and the success of protestantism for this to be a fact. The church eventually had to give up the fight and be accepting once so many other nations became predominantly protestant, and in those countries the Catholics often became the persecuted. However the view of most Catholics well into the 20th century, and the official view of the church itself was that no one but Catholics could be saved. This changed after Vatican II, inasmuch as separated brethren could be saved if they were truly faithful Christians because of the fact that they were, because of no fault of their own ignorant of the truth of the Catholic Church. In other words they could only be saved as de facto "adopted Catholic Christians". One can only wonder what would have happened if Protestantism had failed and been practiced by an extremely small minority in all nations. In this case it is arguable that the Inquisitions would have continued for a much greater period. There are conservative Catholics today, in a minority, but still a fairly sizable one, who still consider Protestants unsaved because of their faith, and would quite readily put into place a Catholic theocracy in the United States if they could. I'm a convert of 26 years, and I know what I'm talking about, I've met these people.
Were the original Irish rovers Catholic?
Jimmy and Wilcil were catholics, the other boys were prods.
When do Catholics go to church?
Every sunday.Another Answer:Some Catholics go for mass every day, where as it is an obligation to go to mass on the Sabbath.
Can two divorced Catholics one got married in a Catholic church the other in a registery office have a blessing in a Catholic church?
yes.
Why does the Catholic church not allow other Christians to partake in communion?
The Catholic Church does not allow non-Catholics to partake in communion because of differences in beliefs about the Eucharist. Catholics believe in transubstantiation, the belief that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ during the Mass. Other Christian denominations have different beliefs about the Eucharist, such as consubstantiation or symbolic representation. Allowing non-Catholics to receive communion would imply a unity of belief that does not exist, according to Catholic doctrine.
Why do non-Catholics live with Catholics?
Well in the Catholics case one of them was Catholic and the other a non-Catholic and what happens alot is after years of living together as husband and wife the non - Catholic will usually turn to the Catholic faith and take classes and the Holy Sacraments to become a Catholic. But alot of times it takes time to understand the faith before immediatly becoming a Catholic. :-) hopes this helps. Take it from me that's what happened to my parents now we are a deep Catholic family.
How many were converted to Catholics after the Spanish Inquisition?
Roman Catholic AnswerNone, the Spanish Inquisition had no authority over anyone other than Catholics. Unless you were a baptized Catholic and member of the Church you did not fall under their jurisdiction.
Why do fundementalists say Catholics are pagan?
Basically, Catholics worship idols. There are many other components in Catholic religion in common with Paganism which is much older.
