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Any man that claims Christ as his sole salvation is entitled to call himself christian.

I've heard protestants call catholics polytheists.

When you are waiting on the call, and someone says "Make a circle, take a knee" and you either sling your rifle over your back or lay it on your knee pointing OUT so you can gather together and pray in Christ's name before stuff comes down, you don't argue fine points.

'And for what we are about to receive, please make us thankful.'

I've ended too many prayers with that to get into squabbles about details about doctrine.

But it's not my place to set you right.

In the end, we'll all know the Truth.

/johnny

You brought up Catholics, here is what the church says about Mormonism.

CATHOLIC ANSWERS: Question: I read recently that the Catholic Church had rejected Mormon baptism, since their view of Christ and the Trinity is so unusual. But I have to ask: Are Mormons considered separated brothers and sisters? While their views are strange to say the least, they are still separated, and we should reach out to them. If we view them as something other than separated, doesn't that exclude ecumenism? I know that many view them as a cult, but aren't cult members separated as well?

Answer: The reason Mormons are not considered separated brethren is not because they aren't "separated" from the Church-they are-but they aren't "brethren" in the sense required.

The phrase separated brethren refers to those who, though separated from full communion with the Catholic Church, have been justified through baptism and are thus brethren in Christ. The Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio) of Vatican II teaches that "all who have been justified by faith in baptism are members of Christ's body, and have a right to be called Christian, and so are correctly accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church."

Because Mormonism is polytheistic and rejects the Trinity, Mormon baptism is not valid, and Mormons are not considered separated brethren. For the same reason, outreach to them, while certainly a good thing, is not ecumenism, though it can include dialogue and social cooperation as well as efforts to evangelize them.