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If you believe that Jesus truly was the Son of God, and that He died for your sins, and rose from the dead, then you are saved. If you are saved, then you are 'in Christ'.
the term 'Christian' means 'a person who is of Christ".
Just like an Egyptian is a person of Egypt.
Salvation is the key. The key to salvation is faith in Christ. Faith in Christ is believing that Jesus died for your sin, and rose from the dead.
Some Catholics are truly saved (some Evangelical Protestants would disagree with me there) and therefore a Roman Catholic can also be a Christian.
the term 'Christian' means 'a person who is of Christ".
Just like an Egyptian is a person of Egypt.
Salvation is the key. The key to salvation is faith in Christ. Faith in Christ is believing that Jesus died for your sin, and rose from the dead.
Some Catholics are truly saved (some Evangelical Protestants would disagree with me there) and therefore a Roman Catholic can also be a Christian.
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Do you really believe that no one was saved from 300 AD until the Reformation?
It is true that official Catholic doctrine opposes clear Scripture, but the requirements for salvation are simple: faith in the person and work of Christ.
If a person needs perfect doctrine to be saved, then no man can be saved.
Praise to God that He redeems the lost!
It is true that official Catholic doctrine opposes clear Scripture, but the requirements for salvation are simple: faith in the person and work of Christ.
If a person needs perfect doctrine to be saved, then no man can be saved.
Praise to God that He redeems the lost!
Although I would not encourage anyone to take the Roman Catholic route, I agree that you can be catholic and be saved. Having said that, The bible is quite clear that you should not pray to any man, woman, or angel. If you are a Christian then you are part of the priesthood and do not need to go to a priest to ask forgiveness - You can go straight to Jesus who is our high priest. While the pope may give good advise from time to time he holds a position (holds a place) that is not from the bible. The bible does not mention or authorize the pope.
Great point!
Protestant Christianity didn't begin until the invention of the printing press. The bible, until that time, was only available in Latin and only to the clergy. Thus, whatever the Catholic church said was in the bible was all that anybody knew. It's just as well, because the average person on a feudal manor was hardly educated enough to read it even if it was in his or her own language. But with the printing press came the ability to check out what the bible says, and many people (Martin Luther notably) believed that the Catholic church was following a religion of their own invention rather than one based on the bible that people could now read for themselves.
I used to be a protestant (now an atheist), but I don't see why a Catholic couldn't be a Christian in the same way protestants are. "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved...", and surely Catholics believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. I don't see why a difference in rituals ought to separate Christians, although I don't understand either why a difference in rituals ought to exist when one can supposedly ask God how He wants to be worshiped.
Protestant Christianity didn't begin until the invention of the printing press. The bible, until that time, was only available in Latin and only to the clergy. Thus, whatever the Catholic church said was in the bible was all that anybody knew. It's just as well, because the average person on a feudal manor was hardly educated enough to read it even if it was in his or her own language. But with the printing press came the ability to check out what the bible says, and many people (Martin Luther notably) believed that the Catholic church was following a religion of their own invention rather than one based on the bible that people could now read for themselves.
I used to be a protestant (now an atheist), but I don't see why a Catholic couldn't be a Christian in the same way protestants are. "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved...", and surely Catholics believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. I don't see why a difference in rituals ought to separate Christians, although I don't understand either why a difference in rituals ought to exist when one can supposedly ask God how He wants to be worshiped.
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300 AD until the Reformation? Are we in that period? Or are we talking 2014 present? No one from 300 AD even after the reformation, was saved unless they obeyed God and His word the Bible. The Bible is clear on that. Not sure what you are trying to state. Roman catholicism is a cult and those who knowingly participate actively in it, are prime candidates to fit the description of "those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of heaven." As long as Roman Catholicism has been around, anyone in it is in hell, unless they repented according to God's standards and His Word. They are like any other none believer in that sense. They need to repent.
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God has already Called Chosen and appointed the one an only Way, and that is through His Son Jesus Christ, in the order and fashion spelled out clearly in His word for that Way to be followed. God didn't leave much room. Narrow is the gate. Difficult is the way, and FEW find it. Are you one of the Few? Matthew 7.
You guys are missing the point. His argument was that it seems impossible for no Christians to have existed for over 1000 years. Remember, this was pre-internet and pre-printing press... the only path to Christianity was the Catholic Church. There weren't sects of Christianity outside of the Catholic church because there was no access to the bible outside of it. So are you really proposing that there weren't any Christians until after 1500?