how many catholics are in the world?

-- kevin (opyfrei@hotmail.com), October 16, 2003

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Response to hwo many catholics are in the world?

A little of 1 Billion.

I was wondering how many people Orthodox Catholics are in communion with the Church?

-- Scott (papasquat10@hotmail.com), October 16, 2003.

Response to hwo many catholics are in the world?

I ment a little over 1 Billion.

-- Scott (papasquat10@hotmail.com), October 16, 2003.

Response to hwo many catholics are in the world?

About 1 billion, of which eighty percent are Catholics in name only

-- Robin (robin@birdsnest.com), October 17, 2003.

Response to hwo many catholics are in the world?

There is no such a thing as "Orthodox Catholics" (with capital "O" and capital "C").

There are an estimated 240,000,000 Eastern Orthodox Christians -- none of whom is a Catholic. These are Catholics' closest "separated brethren."

There are an unknown number of "orthodox" Catholics -- which is to say, genuine (non-dissenting/non-"cafeteria") Catholics -- who believe all that the Church teaches (in the Catechism, etc.).

Of the roughly 1,100,000,000 Catholics, an estimated 2% belong to "ritual churches" other than the huge Latin Church (to which the pope and most of us belong). Of this fraction, most are members of churches (e.g., Byzantine Catholic churches) that would be part of Eastern Orthodoxy if they had not been reunited with the pope during the second millennium (after the big schism).

-- (Orthodox@or.orthodox), October 17, 2003.

Response to hwo many catholics are in the world?

Kevin,

This we downloaded earlier this year but we no loner have the link:

Major Religions of the World (mid-2001 est.)

Christian 2,019,052,000 Roman Catholics 1,067,053,000 Protestants 345,855,000 Orthodox 216,314,000 Anglicans 80,644,000 Other 530,168,000 Muslims 1,207,148,000 Hindus 819,689,000 Chinese folk religionists 387,167,000 Buddhists 361,985,000 Sikhs 23,538,000 Jews 14,484,000

Hope it helps, C & C

-- C.Foegen (cfoegen@anglefire.com), October 17, 2003.

Response to hwo many catholics are in the world?

"Anglicans" should not be listed separately from "Protestants." They are Protestants, as is admitted in the oath sworn by each English monarch who is about to be crowned.

-- (Orthodox@or.orthodox), October 17, 2003.

anglicans are only seperated because they are the largest of the protestants.

-- john l. ma (johnlma@yahoo.com), October 21, 2003.

We shouldn't be worrying about the placement of the Protestants because it really doesn't matter. They hold no dogmatic truth other than what it adopted from the Catholic Church. Worry more about converting them.

-- Matt (prepster347@cox.net), November 05, 2003.

of which eighty percent are Catholics in name only

and i wonder where this statistic came from, or what gave you the authority to determine who is or is not a catholic "in name only"

-- paul h (dontSendMeMail@notAnAddress.com), November 05, 2003.

Anglicans are not protestant. Most Anglicans would be highly offended if you said they were protestant. The word protestant was not used in the English split because it had nothing to do with the split at all. The aqnglican Communion exists today because Henry 8th and then it became political not religious. In ceremony and belief most christians would have to agree that the Anglican church is much more high catholic than any other seperation.

-- Connor (stunningsteve57@hotmail.com), December 10, 2003.

Although Anglicans are not an offshoot of "the Protestant Reformation" (more properly called the Protestant Rebellion) as we usually use that term, which is to say the legacy of Luther, their church nevertheless has its roots in protest and rebellion against, and subsequent separation from, the Church Jesus Christ founded for all men, the Holy Catholic Church. Therefore it is appropriate to refer to them as Protestant, with the understanding that they are an entirely separate tradition of Protestantism. It is likewise appropriate to refer to them and their various offshoots, as denominations. The Anglican Church may look Catholic in its externals, but doctrinally it is clearly distinct from the True Church (and also doctrinally distinct from other Protestant traditions). It's American offshoot, Episcopalianism, has strayed so far doctrinally in its efforts to be "relevant" (or attractive) to the modern world that Lutherans are now probably closer to the Catholic Church doctrinally than Episcopalians are.

-- Paul M. (PaulCyp@cox.net), December 10, 2003.

Jmj

Hello, Connor. You wrote:
"Anglicans are not protestant. Most Anglicans would be highly offended if you said they were protestant."

Many Anglicans/Episcopalians would agree with you. And they, like you, would be completely wrong. I can prove it.

1. If you go to the home page of Episcopalianism and scroll to the "fine print" at the bottom, you'll see that the official name of the U.S. wing of the Anglican Communion is PECUSA -- "Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America."

2. If you take a look at the "coronation oath" taken 50 years ago by Queen Elizabeth II, as head of the "Church of England" ("Anglican Church"), you'll see that she answered "Yes" to this question:
"Will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law?"

So, Connor, please tell all your Anglican and Episcopalian friends and family about this. They (and you?) are Protestants! Almost every Christian who is neither Catholic nor Eastern Orthodox, in fact, is Protestant, whether they can admit it or not.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), December 10, 2003.