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Can you be christian, but say latin catholic prayers?

My mother is Christian and my father is Catholic. My whole entire life, I've grown up in a Christian church with my mother. But, I remember when I was little my father and I would pray in Latin. I was wondering if I could still be Christian and have some of the Catholic customs. For instance, I pray with my rosary (Christian prayers) and wanted to start practicing in Latin (Catholic prayers).

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  • 8 years ago
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    46+yrs I studied whole Bible-parts many times-Ways SEEM right but its end=death=Mt7:21-23-ppl CONFUSE TRUTH-offends many/HATE. Right OT/NT diff/conn=verses in whole Bible contxt not a verse/passage=DONT add/omit things=1Cor4:6:

    RITUALS(ie repeat prayer-any lang)HV NO MEANING IN NT-why temple curtain tore in 2. Jewish rituals were by God's direction(bondage 2 sin>atonement)-best 1 can do under OT Law. Others(many Christian)copied/invented rituals-best u can make=human limits. Jesus' perfect sacrifice CANCELED need 4 rituals/priests/altars(using them calls God a liar=Jesus' mission failed-Only Jesus is High Priest now)-closest thing 2 ritual is Communion-treated seriously not as ritual-not Jesus' actual body/blood=false Cc claim.

    Many dont know diff btwn ritual/genuine remembrance-cant w/o Jesus' real Bible directions-Oc/Cc omission(Cc didnt write any of NT[not Cc txt-1rst cent Apostles wrote NT=preserved truth 4 all not Oc/Cc-full Cc control not til 4th cent]-Jesus is about being 1 in Spirit&truth not rituals-God let Cc prod Bible[privilege not a right]despite wrong teachings[only 66 legit Bible Bks])-God had Romans fulfill prophecy w/o knowing it-same today.

    Religion&spirit of doesnt=the truth/most r built on what man likes=cant teach much on God=CANT ALL B RIGHT(only 1 Bible-why so many interps?-2Pet1:19-21=cant teach what u dont know). Who knows more about a house the Builder/ppl moving in later?

    Jesus=eternal truth not religious rituals/human trad-objects/pictures, sacraments/rites, creeds/words recital=useless=Oc/Cc isnt Christian-Would u build a church on perfect Jesus=the Rock-1Cor 10:4(Bible never changes usage)or Peter=sinner? Replacing Jesus with humans(ie Mary[Jesus' mother doesnt=His Father God's wife/mother]/saints/popes)=abomination (human ven is a 4m of idolatry).

    Jesus said"leave the dead 2 bury dead." Only God&Jesus hv authority over Sainthood(all true believers r S[s=same]aints)-1rst the dead=asleep then the living@that time-dont go 2 Heaven til Jesus' 2nd Coming-only 3-4 excep-not Mary/saints=CANT HEAR/help u.

    Apostles/Paul were killed/died in 1rst cent-Christianity was illegal. Next cent others(didnt know/knew less on Jesus with (un)intent added ideas/agendas)replaced orig believers. Cc"state-Jn 18:36"org 4md under Constantine-AD 325-minus Jesus' teaching. Cc didnt give out Bibles 4 a cent+ claims its b/c ppl couldnt read-why didnt Cc teach ppl 2 read[Cc made it illegal 2 hv Bibles-were 4 priests only]? Cc/RCc/Oc, many PrC like Pharisees please man not God=abomination-Mt 23:15/LK16:15. In split 4rm Cc PrCs/others kept Cc's wrong format.

    2 Major lies:

    1~Oc/Cc is oldest existing church-claims 2 b 1rst church. Jesus' Apostles never named churches catholic(contradicts God's real Bible message)nor did they do Cc rituals. Theres a 240+yr gap btwn orig Apostles' church&Cc's start=Cc was NEVER part of/1rst Church(labels/titles/names, history/# of members/amnt of time it existed/claims made about them r meaningless-u can name anything anything). Whats practiced makes it whole truth or a lie-dict def doesnt always hold 2 God's full def/word usage/excep-Jesus/Bible prophets WERNT muslims as Islam claims-name a dog god- doesnt make it God.

    2~Orig Apostles WERNT Cc members/PETER(dead 240yrs)WASNT a pope/Cc bishop-not in Bible=no apostolic succession. Cc invented pope/oral claims=not Biblical. Peter wouldnt b a pope/Cc member b/c calling 1self"holy"Father+Cc false teachings r abominations-ie rituals/false human priesthoods. Devil knows Jesus is God's Son so dont trust any church ahead of God's Word. Calling urself Christian/saying u believe Jesus doesnt make it true(Mt23:2 says do what they say not what they do[Jews were under Pharisee rulers]-now we know Cc practices r wrong so follow Jesus' Bible teachings[u can leave Cc-Lk10:16]-He who rejects Jesus/His teaching rejects Christ-if ppl/church dont follow Jesus=we leave).

    W/o God's TRUE Word few will b saved thru them(u cant save urself by ur own initiative/good deeds-no man is good-Rm1:23)-wise dont get sucked in/church hop(esp if u dont know much on whats actually Biblical)=adds confusion.

    In history only Jesus said no1 can find God w/o Him-Jn 14:6/5:39/10:1,7/Ac 4:11=new teaching/other beliefs r false or Jesus is 1 more false prophet 2 ignor. Jesus couldnt do all He did w/o knowing whole OT-impossible w/o God/NT didnt exist yet/Apostles couldnt write NT w/o Jesus having them remember all He did-Lk24:25-27,45. Only a Bible cant b properly known w/o Jesus=Jn 3:3,5/5:39/10:1,7; 14:6/2Cor 3:14/Is 29:11-12=Jewish ppl cant unveil OT w/o Jesus=all gentiles cant=why many interps exist/called fiction.

    NO human can live w/o breaking God's eternal Law=sin=death. Seek Jesus with ur heart&soul-u'll find God. Why would God want u 2 live with Him 4ever if u dont want 2 know His way?

    voyc4rmwldrns

    Source(s): More Cc lies: Mass(not Biblical)is full of non-biblical rituals/rites/ ALTARS; statues/BONES(God isnt in2 dead things-can't help/save u-praying 2/using/having them=abomination); Rosary/beads/mother Mary(virgin 2 Jesus' birth)as liaison(Jesus is only way 2 God-not Apostles/saints-Jn 14:6/5:39/10:1,7/Acts 4:12/IS 1-Mary=4given sinner-not sinless[no assumption]/had children after Jesus-Mt 12:46-50); candles/incense/cross(symbol of curse not Jesus+same reasons against statues); making sign of/stations of cross; pope's/other leader's garb/thrones /rings/confirmation; Cc creed/doctrines/catechism; raising dead/ppl 2 sainthood(only God/Jesus hv such authority); human priesthood/monks/nuns; purgatory/devotionals/sacraments; holy eucharist/water; penance/traditional/repetitive type prayers/chants/oral claims; etc rnt Biblical.
  • 8 years ago

    For Christmas a couple years ago, my oldest boy asked me to write out the Lords Prayer in Ukrainian - actually, in the English language approximation of Ukrainian sounds, but you get the idea..

    He needn't have bothered because God speaks both languages, and He's already heard that prayer before. But the little bubba did that to honor his Grandmother, my Mom. She also didn't technically need the translation since she's a polyglot, and has heard it before as well..

    The whole point of him making that tape was to honor her, the same way I try to honor members of the eternal Church when I pray in Latin. In the same way, you would honor memories of your father by doing those prayers in Latin.

    Language matters, even if these dim-bulbs here are too dumb to figure it out.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    If you are a Muslim of course Islamic prayer is used, same goes if you're Hindu where Hindu prayers will be used. So the prayers is up to believer. As for the ghost, I don't think they are scared with the wordings inside the prayer. I don't think most people doing bad things can be stop simply by praying them then and there :). And so if you are a believer, it is not the prayer that they (ghost) can't stand, but instead the praying is an SOS to God, and He is the one coming to the rescue. So prayers can be different in one religion to another, but above all there is this same God who created all this.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Simple answer is yes absolutely, if God only accepted the language in which Christ spoke for our prayers we would all be praying in Aramaic. Catholics are Christian and until about 500 years ago was the only Christian denomination that existed.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    I don't see any problem with it but your Protestant mother may. I've been a Catholic all my life and I've never prayed in Latin.

    The Rosary is simply a way of meditating on the life of Christ. I've got a Protestant prayer book that explains that. Once again, it should be fine but if your mother has been believing the lies told about Catholics all of her life, she might have a problem with it.

  • Paul
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Praying the rosary is a Major sin with God. We are not to have anything in our Worship of God other than God only and that includes prayer beads. Read the 2nd commandment.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Catholicism is a form of Christianity. So technically speaking, yes. The way you pray is between you and God. Proverbs 3:6 acknowledge him in all your ways and he will make your paths straight. Acknowledge him and he will lead you

  • 8 years ago

    Yeah catholic is a branch of Christianity.

  • 8 years ago

    Yes. Because Catholics ***ARE*** Christians!!!!

  • 8 years ago

    Are you f******* kidding me?

    The catholic church is the first "christian" church.

    Whatare you asking?

    Source(s): Catholic means universal.
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    There wouldn't be any particularly special to gain from it. Plus, it is worth noting that there is no connection between true and biblical religion of Christianity and the false pagan religion of Catholicism.

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