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Old 05-25-2009, 09:43 AM
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Default With the exception of the Egyptian Coptic and the Eastern Orthodox churches, are ? re

Are all other Christian styled churches branches of the Catholic church, like illegitimate offspring in the cases of ( Protestant churches)?

Does Catholicism regard Protestant churches as Heritical or enemy organizations?
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Old 05-27-2009, 09:43 AM
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Yes they are all branches of the catholic church. I am catholic, I do not see other churches as enemies but I also do not think they have the whole truth
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Old 05-28-2009, 09:43 AM
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The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches used to be one church, you know, until they had the Great Schism.

The Coptic Church is a splinter group from when the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic church were one group.

In essence, every Christian church that exists is in some way an "illegitimate" child of the Roman Catholic Church. Even newer groups like the LDS Church and the Jehovah's Witnesses are outgrowths of the Protestant movement, which splintered from the Catholic Church.
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Old 05-29-2009, 09:43 AM
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Yes! Protestant Churches, JW, LDS and those who claimed that they are not Protestants but branched out of them are heretical!!! Yet! They are our brothers!!!
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Old 06-01-2009, 09:43 AM
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Here's the official word, directly from Pope Benedict XVI.

Please read it carefully and completely. Every word counts.

http://pissoff.enemy.org/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html
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Old 06-05-2009, 09:43 AM
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The answer to the first part of your question is "No". you really have to look at the history of each religion to see if it broke off from the Catholic church or not. The Lutheran and Anglican churches were once part of the Catholic organization but many others were never part of it. There are also secondary splits and so on. The Catholic Church itself was not the original Christian organization but was formed by Constantine who did not become a Christian himself until a supposedly deathbed confession.

The answer to the second part of your question is "yes". However the Catholic Church prefers to work against other religions behind the scenes through political maneuvering, rather than trying trying to prove they are right from the Bible; which is impossible for a Catholic to do with anyone who actually knows what it says. my Mother was raised as a Catholic, and so were my wife's parents but they left after studying the Bible.
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