Catholics and Christians

[militarynewb]

Stupid question here i know. I'm pretty confident I already know the answer, but I am curious what others say about it. Do both Christians and Catholics go to heaven? My answer would be yes, because their foundation is the same. Believe Jesus and your Lord and Savior, and perform good works for the Lord. Comments?

[Furstentum Liechtenstein]

Do both Christians and Catholics go to heaven?

Catholics are Christians.

Believe Jesus [is] your Lord and Savior, and perform good works for the Lord. Comments?

The ''good works'' part is wrong. We are saved by God's grace alone. Good works will result in heavenly rewards but are useless to get you the entry visa.

FL

[militarynewb]

I mean Protestant Christians and Catholic Christians.

[Furstentum Liechtenstein]

OK...you forgot the Eastern Orthodox and Messianic Jews...

[PaulSacramento]

Don't get caught up in denominations.
A Christian is anyone that puts His faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Lord and saviour and the grace we have THROUGH Him.
Beyond that is politics and human doctrine.

[militarynewb]

Thanks Paul, that was my belief as well

[Lonewolf]

I guess you can label me a semi-Catholic., all in my family are Catholic. I was originally baptized as a child in the Catholic church and later I married as an adult in the Catholic church. I still attend services from time to time in the Catholic church. And I strongly believe that Catholics are faithful to Christ's atonement, although I disagree with some -if not a lot- of what the hierarchy teaches under their own interpretation of scripture. But I do hold a lot of respect for many Catholics, even the clergy. I am however not a Catholic if you were to measure me by Protestant or Evangelical standards. Having said all that, do I believe that Catholics go to heaven (whenever or wherever heaven is), my answer is a wholeheartedly YES!