What is the difference between the Catholic faith and the Baptists?
Catholics believe in the necessity of water baptism to wash away sin, to reject Satan, and to profess one’s faith in God, using the widely accepted Trinitarian form of the sacrament. Catholics believe that it is possible for someone who has been baptized to lose their salvation and end up in hell. Catholics accept the complete revelation of God as received from the Bible, directly from Jesus Christ and the apostles, and directly from the Holy Spirit. Catholics believe that the pope is the God-ordained earthly leader of the whole church, and that the bishops are the God-ordained earthly leaders of all the Catholics in their “see” or diocese. Catholics believe in “apostolic succession” the handing down, one to another, of the holy office of bishop (and pope) from bishop to direct successor, that power and authority which was originally obtained by the apostles, directly from Jesus Christ. The source and summit of all Catholic worship is the authentic body, blood, soul, and divinity of Je
