text: if ur........? if ur catholic r u still christian? ~ cuz a freind of mine is like ur not christian ur catholic!! ~ pleez help?? yes, here is the reasoning:  the center of authority for the catholic [apostolic] church is rome.  administration is centered at the vatican, vatican city.  there are some 200 christian denominations;  lutheran, methodist, greek orthodox and the list goes on. there are also many christian religious orders.  fundamentalist christian churches in a local community are a good example.  some of the local fundamentalist churches are not recognized by the catholic authority in rome, therefore they are considered christian but not catholic.   to be christian you are a believer of the teachings of jesus christ...to be catholic you are both a believer of the teachings of jesus christ but also a practicing member of the roman catholic church.  the word 'catholic" means ''universal''.