Catholics do you and the Church consider Protestant Christans?
Just wondering I have been told that catholics and the catholic church dose not recognize Protestant marriage and children born in that marriage are considered illigetament, and they don't consider your saved or will go to Heaven when you die unless you are catholic . is that true or are people catholic bashing?
2007-05-26T19:24:27Z
do you need sacraments for salvation?
2007-05-26T21:47:08Z
I'm a Born again Blood bought Spirit filled believer, was baptized in water in the Name of the Father the son and the Holy Spirit..isn't that all that is required?
2007-05-28T13:25:47Z
Fr. Joseph...you said......"although Protestants may have an imperfect union and a knowledge of less truth"
wow you are confirming not recognizing protestant marriage? by "imperfect union" and "a knowledge of less truth" we use the Holy bible what do you use for knowledge?
Bill Mac2007-05-26T19:28:33Z
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I'm a ex-RC and I was taught that Protestants were heretics. That the RCC was the only true church. I was also told the salvation thing. Of course, back then the mass was in Latin and fish the only acceptable meat on Fridays. So much for unchanging church doctrine. I haven't heard the marriage/children thing, except with marriages with non-Catholics. It may well be that many do not know or remember that these were the teachings at one time... I'm glad to see it is changing.
Hey Fr. Joe... Protestants say the same thing about Catholics - "... may have an imperfect union and a knowledge of less truth".
It is why I left. I became a Christian, in the true sense of the word, 15 years later. It was not the RCC that changed my mind... it was God through His Spirit touching my heart. I also found the Protestants are closer to the truth... Charismatic Catholics are too. May we all be in unity, serving our living God.
I have never heard that we don't consider Protestants Christians. I'm a Catholic and love my faith but many of my friends are Protestants and I believe that when we're done here, we'll meet again in heaven.
Catholics are also baptized in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit. Say you are a Protestant and want to become a Catholic - or vice versa - only one baptism is necessary (in other words, you don't have to be re-baptized) because the baptism brought you into Christianity not a particular church group. I am a king, a profit, and a priest! (I like saying it!!!)
To be a Christian, you must accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior - Catholics and Protestants both do this.
**I just read DAVER's comment - he is correct. Did you know that, at least in the Catholic church, any Christian can perform a baptism with any water if there's an emergency? Suppose that I was walking past someone who was suddenly struck somehow, sudden illness, injury, etc., if that person asked to be baptized, I can baptize this person and it will be valid? Pretty cool.
Catholics do consider Protestants Christian. However, Catholics, believing they alone possess sacremental priesthood authority, do see Protestants at a disadvange because they can never take a true communion or have their last rites, etc. But that does not mean they think all Protestants go to hell.
Now, as for the marriage thing. No, they do not believe that a Protestant marriage (marriage being a sacrement in the Catholic church) is as recognized by God in the same way a Catholic marriage is.) However, you go too far to say it's "illegitimate" (i.e. God considers it fornication.)
By the way, Catholics see Catholic marriages not performed by the Church the same way they see a Protestant marriage.
So while you might be "technically correct" you are saying it in a way that a knowledge Catholic would have to disagree with.
We do not believe that there is salvation outside the Catholic Church but we do consider all Christians to be Catholic although Protestants may have an imperfect union and a knowledge of less truth. Here is a URL on your marriage question:
<<If a Catholic person is baptized a second time, but this time in a Protestant Church, what happens?>> Nothing happens. Valid Baptism is a Sacrament that can only be received once because only once will Baptism leave an indelable mark on the soul. <<Like suppose if the person was baptized as a Catholic when he/she was a child, but later gets baptized again in his/her adult life as a Protestant, is the person classed as Protestant, or still considered a Catholic?>> The person will cease to be Catholic and become a Protestant by virtue of the act of leaving the Catholic Church and joining a Protestant, not be virtue of getting "re-Baptized".