christianity and catholocism Options

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so were at a bit of a disagreement. i think catholocism is a form of christianity, and she thinks christianity is a form of catholocism. help me out here, and state which you think and why

former arguements can be found in the merry christmas etc thread

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Catholicism is much different than Christianity, but we today label Catholics and Protestants all together as Christians, which confuses me. Catholics are referred as Catholics as Christians (non-Catholics) are referred as Protestants or just "Christians". (I'm Christian, Protestant)

Protestanism was formed during the 16th century, during the Reformation, an attempt to Reform the true Christianity. Martin Luther argued the fact that the Roman Catholic Church used celibacy (a vow to never marry, especially when religion is involved), transubstanation, and indulgences. Martin Luther argued strongly for justification of faith (to accept Jesus Christ as your savior and all your sins are forgiven), which led to Protestanism. So thats how Protestanism differs from Catholicism.

Protestanism is basically what we(the Protestants) call the True Christianity.

We're(Catholics and Christians) labeled by the world today together as "Christians." Yes, Catholocism is another form of Christianity, and Protestanism is another form of Christianity too. We're all labled Christians no matter if we're Protestant or Catholic.