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Catholics and Christians

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:20 pm
by 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?

Re: Catholics and Christians

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:29 pm
by Furstentum Liechtenstein
militarynewb wrote: Do both Christians and Catholics go to heaven?
Catholics are Christians.
militarynewb wrote: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 :D

Re: Catholics and Christians

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:35 pm
by militarynewb
I mean Protestant Christians and Catholic Christians.

Re: Catholics and Christians

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:37 pm
by Furstentum Liechtenstein
OK...you forgot the Eastern Orthodox and Messianic Jews...

Re: Catholics and Christians

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:34 am
by 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.

Re: Catholics and Christians

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:22 pm
by militarynewb
Thanks Paul, that was my belief as well

Re: Catholics and Christians

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:22 pm
by 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!