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Post by truecristian on Sept 23, 2021 0:25:21 GMT
uor opinion
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Post by clusium on Sept 23, 2021 2:14:29 GMT
Of course!!!! Read St. Matthew chapter 16, verse 19. The Papacy goes all the way back to St. Peter the Apostle.
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Post by Hnefahogg on Sept 23, 2021 6:34:40 GMT
That depends on who you ask. According to someone who is Catholic, of course. According to a Jehovah's Witness, no.
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Post by maya55555 on Sept 23, 2021 16:14:20 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Read the first sentence in its description. How could they be Christian, if they espouse beliefs that are distinct from mainstream Christianity?
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Post by Hnefahogg on Sept 23, 2021 17:36:25 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Read the first sentence in its description. How could they be Christian, if they espouse beliefs that are distinct from mainstream Christianity? I know that the JW are far from mainstream Christians, but they think that they are the true Christians who follow the teachings of the disciples. At the same time, the Catholic Church has condemned the JW as heretical. |
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Post by maya55555 on Sept 23, 2021 17:47:05 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Read the first sentence in its description. How could they be Christian, if they espouse beliefs that are distinct from mainstream Christianity? I know that the JW are far from mainstream Christians, but they think that they are the true Christians who follow the teachings of the disciples. At the same time, the Catholic Church has condemned the JW as heretical. ...AND?
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Post by Hnefahogg on Sept 23, 2021 18:19:14 GMT
I know that the JW are far from mainstream Christians, but they think that they are the true Christians who follow the teachings of the disciples. At the same time, the Catholic Church has condemned the JW as heretical. ...AND? My point was that it depends on who you ask.
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Post by general313 on Sept 23, 2021 18:23:34 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 23, 2021 19:29:03 GMT
Yes. I say if you consider yourself a Christian then thats good enough for me.
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Post by theauxphou on Sept 25, 2021 13:06:27 GMT
Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. So, yes.
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Post by Stammerhead on Sept 25, 2021 15:26:02 GMT
Do Catholics generally accept non Catholics as true Christians?  |
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 25, 2021 23:50:56 GMT
Yes Catholics are Christians, anybody who says otherwise are wrong.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 26, 2021 2:24:27 GMT
Yes, anyone who believes in the divinity of Jesus is a Christian. Trying to argue otherwise is just a No True Scottsman fallacy.
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Post by clusium on Sept 26, 2021 3:17:51 GMT
Do Catholics generally accept non Catholics as true Christians? Yes.
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Post by permutojoe on Sept 26, 2021 3:50:48 GMT
The true Christians were the ones who followed Jesus in his day and later the ones who learned about him from various texts and oral tradition. By the time the Roman Empire got a hold of it, everything got turned around and inverted. The Jesus proclaimed by preachers and theologians today had no existence.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 26, 2021 15:45:29 GMT
Sure, they’re welcome.
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Post by clusium on Sept 26, 2021 17:11:33 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Read the first sentence in its description. How could they be Christian, if they espouse beliefs that are distinct from mainstream Christianity? Your statement might be valid if the trinity was established as doctrine in the New Testament. But it is not. Yes it is. St. Matthew chapter 16, verse 19.
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Post by kls on Sept 27, 2021 11:48:54 GMT
Do Catholics generally accept non Catholics as true Christians? I certainly do. But me being a Christian is much more important to me than being a Catholic one in particular.
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Post by Winter_King on Sept 27, 2021 13:25:23 GMT
Yes.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Sept 27, 2021 13:29:34 GMT
Walk into any Baptist Book Store in the South... Plenty of tomes on the shelves explaining why the Catholic Church is a Satanic abomination and that no "Papist" can be a true Christian.
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