How do Catholics and Methodists differ?

Other differences. Catholics believe in the Immaculate Conception, the doctrine that Mary the mother of Jesus was conceived without any stain of sin on her soul. Methodists do not. Catholics also believe that saints in heaven can act as secondary mediators. Thus Catholics will pray to saints. Methodists celebrate certain saints but do not pray to them. read more

The many differences between Catholics and Methodists can be summed up into the influence of the church and its hierarchy and the role of the Bible. Both religions are Christian. The Methodist religion is a sect of Protestantism. read more

The Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church are Christian churches. Both believe in a triune God, which means three persons -- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit -- in one God, although sometimes the Methodist Church uses the gender-neutral language of creator, redeemer and sustainer. read more