Is there any difference between a Roman Catholic and a Christian? According to the Bible my answer must be: “Yes—a very real difference.”

I was brought up in a Roman Catholic home and was baptized and confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church. I was taught to love, respect, and honor the Church and to believe and accept all its doctrines. I faithfully did this. It was not until after I had graduated from high school and enlisted in the United States Air Force that I learned from the Catholic Bible that there was a real difference between what I was—a Catholic—and what I must become—a Christian saved by faith alone in Jesus Christ.