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If a person trusts in Jesus Christ as Lord and savior, accepts the gift of grace God has given, and commits his life to serve the Lord in obedience to his commandments - not to be saved, but out of love and gratitude for God's mercy and grace. Would that person be a Christian and have assurance of heaven when he died? Leave out religious affiliations or labels. Would you consider that person a Christian and a brother in Christ?

Of course. He would also be Catholic in full communion with the Church, "out of love and gratitude for God's mercy and grace".

What you probably wanted to ask was, do I consider Protestants Christians. Yes, Protestants are Christians because they share with me some elements of Catholic faith. The defect of their faith is that they only share what they are comfortable with. But, defective as they are, they are without a doubt, Christian, and there is hope for them all.

Of course. He would also be Catholic in full communion with the Church, "out of love and gratitude for God's mercy and grace". What you probably wanted to ask was, do I consider Protestants Christians. Yes, Protestants are Christians because they share with me some elements of Catholic faith. The defect of their faith is that they only share what they are comfortable with. But, defective as they are, they are without a doubt, Christian, and there is hope for them all.

My, how magnanimous of you! You are incorrect, though, if by "Catholic" you mean the Roman Catholic Church because all true Christians are part of the body of Christ which is the "church". The word "catholic" simply means universal so that usage by definition would be correct. However, that specific word has been hijacked by the church of Rome and used almost exclusively by them. I feel it should be reclaimed back from them much like the word "choice" has been hijacked by the pro-abortion crowd. Your denigrated view of non-Catholics as "defective" shows only your own defects since the catholic church existed many centuries before the Catholic one did.