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Catholicism is not
ChristianProtestant.
Pretty sure any religion that worships Jesus (the Trinity) and is primarily based off of the Gospels is Christian.
The main difference in theology is Catholics believe communion actually transforms into the Body and Blood of Christ [spiritually] while protestants say it is symbolic.
and don't reply with a pope comment--most catholics see him as nothing but a formal figurehead (and in reality, he only has the power appropriate for a figurehead [none]).
Catholics also believe in confession through a priest to guarantee forgiveness of sin, put the body of Jesus on the cross [crucifix], baptism is required to enter Heaven (hence doing it to babies, while later in life as an adult one is confirmed--basically equivalent to how/when Protestants baptise) and venerate (but do not worship) Mary, the non-divine human wholly unique in being chosen by God to bear God in human form into the world. These are minor differences with large misconceptions.
You speak from the spirit of religion and are wholly wrong in adherence to the redefinitions of the Catholic church. Your attempt to explain away their blasphemous ways speaks loud and clear of this.
Put away your doctrines of devils and traditions and wisdom of men, and repent and conform to the truth, the word of God.
I never said it was right.
I don't agree with a lot of Catholicism and think the Protestant Reformation was correct (I mean graven images in a church when that is against one of the commandments; claiming Mary is an eternal virgin when Jesus's biological brothers and sisters are mentioned in the gospel--and those are just a couple theological differences I have). But that, is neither here-nor their: even if catholics are incorrect, they are still Christians.
if they aren't, say why (and we are talking about ideology/theology, not organization, hierarchy and practice [like pedo priests that occured in life but never ideology {as well as their cover-ups, which is the business-like organization not the religion itself}]).
Nope. In order to be a Catholic you must believe their doctrine over what the scripture teaches, that the Pope is the 'vicar of Christ on earth and is infallible among other heresies. If you're not familiar enough with both the Bible and Catholicism to know that, you might consider researching what those differences are and why they matter.
The way you pulled that "in b4" screams of a wrong spirit, it screams deception.
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