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Thanks in advance!
1 posted on 05/19/2008 5:38:24 PM PDT by netmilsmom
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Do Roman Catholics consider Protestants to be Christians?

This one does. Most certainly.

2 posted on 05/19/2008 5:39:49 PM PDT by Petronski (Scripture & Tradition must be accepted & honored w/equal sentiments of devotion & reverence. CCC 82)
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Yes, we do from Benedict XVI on down to me.


3 posted on 05/19/2008 5:40:21 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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Probably most of them are.


4 posted on 05/19/2008 5:41:50 PM PDT by Judith Anne
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And we do believe the same thing that most Protestants believe about Catholics. Whereas you think some of our beliefs are flawed, we believe some of your (regardless of denomination) beliefs are flawed.


5 posted on 05/19/2008 5:42:25 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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almost.

but that's just me. I spent 20 years in that wasteland.

7 posted on 05/19/2008 5:42:48 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (The road to hell is paved with euphemisms.)
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In a nutshell, Catholics consider Christ’s sacrifice to be absolutely necessary for salvation. Protestants consider it to be absolutely sufficient. The debate continues, and I would not deign to try to have the last word.


8 posted on 05/19/2008 5:42:53 PM PDT by CalvaryJohn (What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
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Of course. I consider them brothers and sisters in Christ.


10 posted on 05/19/2008 5:45:31 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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Sure. If they believe in the Apostles Creed and accept Baptism they are Christians seperated from the True Church but Christain nonetheless.


12 posted on 05/19/2008 5:47:55 PM PDT by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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I guess I don't consider them to be Catholics, and the other categories really don't matter to me.

And I think people who slam the Blessed Mother, whatever they call themselves, are idiots and I really don't care what they worship.

I remember what an ever-loving dunce I was when I believed all that nonsense.

17 posted on 05/19/2008 5:50:09 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (The road to hell is paved with euphemisms.)
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Yes.


20 posted on 05/19/2008 5:52:19 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("If Global Warming did not exist, the left would have to invent it. In fact, they did." ~Don Feder)
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Catholics do call Protestants Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Mormons are not considered Christian by the Catholic faith. Sorry, but true.


22 posted on 05/19/2008 5:53:57 PM PDT by ricks_place
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If you are baptized according to the Trinitarian Formula and believe the Nicene Creed, you’re a Christian, IMHO. Now, whether they are Churches, or whether they have the fullness of Truth, those are whole other issues. ;-)


23 posted on 05/19/2008 5:54:50 PM PDT by thefrankbaum (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
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Most certainly. Especially since I am a Catholic married to a Baptist.


25 posted on 05/19/2008 5:58:49 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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Yes, Catholics believe that any person who is baptized with water, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is baptized, and therefore a Christian, unless and until he renounces that baptism of his own free will.

We also believe that since Jesus established only one church and desired we remain one in Him, that there is only one church.

So, we believe that any person who is validly baptized (see above) is a member of the one universal Catholic Church, making him/her a Christian.

We believe the person remains a member of the Catholic Church unless and until he renounces membership in it.

As such, we consider all baptized Christians to be part of the communion of saints, and members of the same body of Christ, ie the same Church or Community.

I apologize in advance if I have phrased something either in a theologically deficient manner or in a way that seems too blunt or shocking to anyone.


28 posted on 05/19/2008 6:00:49 PM PDT by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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Of course.


30 posted on 05/19/2008 6:04:00 PM PDT by sneakers (Liberty is the answer to the human condition.)
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Absolutely.


31 posted on 05/19/2008 6:04:28 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Screw MacCain and the elephant he rode in on.)
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Yes. That is why a Protestant entering into full communion with the Church need not be rebaptised, just confirmed.


34 posted on 05/19/2008 6:08:21 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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Don’t be silly of course we do! Geesh!


35 posted on 05/19/2008 6:08:44 PM PDT by Hound of the Baskervilles ("Nonsense in the intellect draws evil after it." C.S. Lewis)
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Almost all positive responses. Catholics view protestants as Christian, prots — at least some of them, view Catholics as not. Interesting.


37 posted on 05/19/2008 6:10:52 PM PDT by narses (...the spirit of Trent is abroad once more.)
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It doesn’t prevent them from being Christians with a few rare exceptions.
“Protestant” is too broad of a catch all in that respect.


39 posted on 05/19/2008 6:12:09 PM PDT by SampleMan (We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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