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This is a case tt talk abt the difference betweeen Christian Belief and Roman Catholic belief. It is a sharing bu a woman who talks abt her faith... http://www.ourlittleplace.com/testimony.html This may only be a case but still I wanna make the stands clear out there abt the difference... Will be update more when my research is done...

If I had to summarize the difference between Catholicism and the Christian faith, I would point out to these three things:For the Christian, CHRIST ALONE is the mediator and the priest. The Christian comes to God through Christ. In Catholicism, they add others so-called mediators - Mary, the saints and the Catholic priests, who in effect become a hindrance to the intimate and personal commERROR with God. Have you even read in the bible God ask u to ask the dead ppl for mediator, He only ask u to pray with ur peers(living ppl)... For the Christian, salvation is by GRACE ALONE; salvation is granted to him as a free gift by God through faith. It is free, of course for the Christian, it was very 'expensive' for God - He paid with the blood of His dear Son to free us from sin. In Catholicism, people try to earn their salvation by good works, and by penance, and by their suffering in this world and in an imaginary place called purgatory. For the Christian, the BIBLE ALONE is the infallible rule of faith and life. The Christian believes that the Bible is the Word of God and that it is sufficient to show him the way of salvation. He listens to no other voice except that of the Good Shepherd as He speaks through the inspired book. In Catholicism, they replace the Bible by the official pronouncements of their leaders, and though their doctrines cannot always be shown to be biblical, they appeal to their traditions as if they were God's truth. Like the Jews before them, they make the Word of God of no effect by their traditions. My dear friend, hold on to Christ and His Word! Do not let your friends separate you from Him. On the contrary, you should be the one to lead your peers to Christ by sharing the teaching of the Holy Scriptures with them."Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ" (Colossians 2:8)

To find the truth, surrender your life to God & ask him for the gift of perception or discernment. Ask God to lead you to the truth and furthermore, ask God to allow you to believe the truth when you find it. People will tell you that one denomination (be it Catholic, Baptist, Pentocostal) is right and the others are wrong. But I have to make things clear abt the differences... Understand that division begats division; confusion begats confusion. To teach that one is better than the other goes dirrectly against the teachings of Jesus Christ. No-one is better than another. I am no better than any one and no one is better than me. Jesus taught peace, love, acceptance and more importantly "No man come to the father but by me." But to answer your question - Catholics do believe basically the same thing that Protestants do. The Protestant movement came about because of the Bishops and the Pope gaining to much social power as they did in Jesus' time. This goes for everyone. I don't want to debate this, everyone has an opinion. Even satan has an opinion. If you want a non judgemental & open-minded discussion feel free to send me an email. I don't have all of the answers but I will try to help all of you.

Here is some articles
1. http://www.biblicist.org/bible/catholic.shtml
2. http://www.catholicconcerns.com/Rome.html
3. Christianity definition
4. http://www.equip.org/free/DC170-1.htm
5. http://users.rcn.com/tlclcms/differ.html
6.http://www.catholicconcerns.com/MaryWorship.html
7. http://www.joegenius.com/questions/479
8. http://www.apologeticsindex.org/c16.html
9. http://www.justforcatholics.org/a19.htm

Final piece of thoughts: Understand that no matter wat is mention above is juz comment made... I think the most impt tt is u have the Holy Spirit as ur guidance, let Him show u the way whether u are catholic or christian... No matter wat I have say, if u doubt or nva believes, it is ur case... The Bible states clearly whatever a man heart think, so is he (Pro 23:7)... But knows that ur decisions is ur consequences... And also remember to judge not for u will also be judged... Last point: whether u are catholic or christian, I think it is impt we can really put away our hatred and to do God's will on earth... The end times are approaching... Understand tt extreme legalism is bad as well as extreme liberation...

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