Are you Christian or Catholic?
"Are you Christian or Catholic?"
by Chrisyeo
WHAT will you answer when someone asks you this question?
Simple right? After all, your birth certificate says 'Roman Catholic' and you will put 'Roman Catholic' when filling up forms..
Well, the correct answer is you are first a Christian, but also a Catholic.
I trust that anyone reading this post will know that already, but you'll be surprised how many people are not quite aware of this point - both protestants and misinformed Catholics...
"Excuse me, are you a Christian?"
"Yes, I am."
"Oh! Which Church do you attend?"
"I attend a Catholic Church."
"oh..ok" (wierd look), (walks away)
-OR-
"Excuse me, are you a Christian?"
"No, I'm Catholic"
"Oh..ok.." (walks away)
My dear friends, I invite you to engage any person that asks you whether you are Catholic or Christian. The question is pregnant with opportunity to inform and reach out to others, especially our protestant brethren. Take the opportunity as a calling to evangelise......
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7 comments:
i came across this situation lots of times. first time was in sec 1. this gal came and asked me what religion i was. so i said 'christian'. than she asked 'what denomination?' i said 'catholic'. *weird look* as if i bluffed her or something. :P now i'll just say catholic. saves explaination and weird looks. usually, most people would just shut up on the subject after this unless they are catholic too.
I think you should continue to answer "Christian"! And if they give you wierd looks, take the opportunity to tell that more about Christianity and Catholicism!
My sentiments are in line with Chris. I think we need to focus our attention on those vast areas where we are of one heart and mind, and seek more opportunities to work and pray together.
As long as the Christian is not vehemently anti-Catholic, this approach of seeking common ground is always the one i prefer.
Many Christians understand Catholicism poorly, including sadly, most Catholic Christians. We need to promote greater understanding of each other's traditions.
But all this presupposes that we know what we believe, and why we believe it. And of course, this understanding must grow in clarity and sophistication as we 'grow in wisdom and stature' (cf Luke 2:52)
PHILEMON 1:6
and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.
yes i know, i know. i really need to work on it.
If any one caomes and ask me, I would tell him that I'm a catholic and also a christian.too.. or simply catholic christian..
I think it does not matter whether you are catholic or protestant.These 2 words are JUST words, what matter is where your faith lies not those names called by people.After all, these words are created by man not God.
Good post! The first time this happened to me was a few years ago, and I totally forgot about it. Last year it happened again - and the person that asked said "my pastor said that Catholics focus more on the death of Christ, whereas us Christians focus more on the resurrection". Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation like this out there being fed deliberately to protestant churchgoers.
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