There aren't any to be a Christian you also have to believe is the Bible.
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AnswerAnswer from a Catholic perspective: It depends on what you mean by "believe in the Bible." The Catholic Church, in the first century wrote the various books of the New Testament as part of her preaching. Nearly four centuries later, she determined which of the New Testament writings were inspired by God, were infallible, and which were not. To that extent, to be a Christian means that you must believe in everything that is contained in the Bible. However, many people nowadays use the word "Christian" to denote someone who believes in Jesus Christ but is not a member of the Catholic Church which He founded. When Martin Luther left the Church to form his own, he settled on the Bible as the rule of faith, which doesn't make any sense as Our Blessed Lord didn't write a Bible, nor command His followers to write one, and there was no New Testament, as we have now, for nearly four hundred years of the Church's existence. Nevertheless, these heretics, most of whom started out as protestant, settled on the Bible as their rule of faith, and believe that it is the only revelation that Our Blessed Lord left them. Many people who believe this call themselves Christians because of this, but do not belong to Christ's Church. True Christians may not believe this as Our Blessed Lord left the fullness of His revelation to His Church, and send the Holy Spirit to guide it always. He never spoke of a New Testament, and did not guarantee the one that we have, only the Church guarantees that. So a true Christian believes in the Bible because they believe in Christ's Church, they do NOT believe "in" the Bible.Answer:
If the question begs; "How many Christians believe what the Bible SAYS?" -- then, should an honest poll be taken... it would be discovered that very few modern professing Christians have read the Bible. And fewer still have studied it, to KNOW what it says.
The vast majority were "told" what the Bible says by their parents, grandparents [and their denominational church]... and very few have bothered to dig into the Bible itself to see if any of it's true.
In other words... most modern professing Christians "believe what they have been TOLD ABOUT the Bible [with few having a clue what it says]. With the crux of modern professing Christian belief revolving around the global traditional holidays of Christmas and Easter [pagan observances, both not commanded in the Bible]; and a preoccupation with the elusive thought of "going to heaven" [not the biblical promise of God to men, but the innermost obsessive desire of Satan to go there to depose God from His throne over the universe].
"For thou hast said in thine heart, I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN [I will go to heaven], I will exalt my throne above the stars of God [the angels - Rev.1:20]... I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High." (Isa.14:13-14)
So, most modern professing Christians believe what they have been TOLD the Bible says. Because, if they read it and studied it... they would discover much of what they were told is the opposite of what the Bible says.
"False Christianity" is the FIRST "end time sign" Jesus warns His servants, Christians, to beware of. It's written in the Bible... yet few have read it, much less "believe it":
"...Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in My name, saying, I AM Christ; and shall deceive many." (Matt.24:4-5)
The several hundreds of divided, doubting and confused modern religious denominations, today, calling themselves "Christian" bears testimony to Jesus' warning.
Most don't KNOW what the Bible says, to prove or disprove any of it, to know what to "believe" about it. Instead... the majority of modern professing Christians "believe what they are TOLD about the Bible."
There are no accurate statistics on how many Christians have read the Bible in its entirety. It is important to remember that to read and understand the Bible as you go can be a serious challenge to faith. There are so many errors, improbabilities and inconsistencies in the Bible that arguably many who read it in this manner might cease to be such committed Christians by the time they finished the task.
Not only Christians read the bible. Did you know that the Old Testament comes from the Hebrew scriptures of Judaism? Even atheists -- those who do not believe in gods -- read the bible. There are so many contridictions, violence, and even pornography! Go ahead. Look up Ezekiel 23:20 and tell me that this should be read to good little children.
they read it twice a day!
The word "Christian" is in the King James Version of the Bible 1 time. It is in 1 verse.
The Lutherans do not have a separate bible. They study and follow the bible that most Christians follow. There are 46 books in the Old and New Testament.
it was in the bible so it should have spoken to some if not most Christians and i recon he went to heaven and there were no trace of his body
Just one. They use the same bible as mainstream Christians, and believe in the same God. They differ from mainsteam Christians in the nature and organisation of the church
Christians believe there is only one God.
Numerous groups and denominations of Christians believe that the time of miracles has passed. Many of them use 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 as a foundation, saying that the "perfection" or "that which is perfect" is the Bible.
Epiphany is 12 days after Christmas.. hence 12 days of Christmas.. but really I dont believe many christians to celebrate it.. Its a Catholic holiday
True Christians do not believe in Astrology. .
There are no accurate statistics on how many Christians have read the Bible in its entirety. It is important to remember that to read and understand the Bible as you go can be a serious challenge to faith. There are so many errors, improbabilities and inconsistencies in the Bible that arguably many who read it in this manner might cease to be such committed Christians by the time they finished the task.
Christians continue to believe in thousands of different saints. There are currently over 10,000 named saints that Roman and Orthodox Christians believe in.
48 in St John's Bible
No, Mormons believe that Jesus was crucified on a cross, just like most other Christians. Mormons believe and study the Bible throughly, so the accounts there are what we believe. Mormons dont however use the cross as a religious symbol like many other religions... Perhaps you are thinking of the Jehovah's Witnesses? They do not believe that Jesus died on a cross.
Many Christians, including ministers, believe that the Bible teaches that we should not swear at all, on the Bible or otherwise. So they will usually just say they "affirm" that they will tell the truth.
it is a holy text used by christians everywhere, there are 66 books in the bible