[metmom]

When last I checked, Catholics are Christians. I'm Catholic, and I'm most definitely a Christian. You make your comment as if you think "Catholic" and "Christian" are not only distinct, but mutually exclusive; where do you get that? (I don't think you'd appreciate it if I called you a "non-Christian" for NOT being Catholic... right? You might possibly shrug and say you don't care, but you certainly wouldn't AGREE with me... right?()

*Catholic* and *Christian* are not synonymous terms nor interchangeable terms.

One can be a Catholic and not a Christian and one can be a Christian and not a Catholic. One does not by default mean the other.

[paladinan]

*Catholic* and *Christian* are not synonymous terms nor interchangeable terms.

They used to be. But since the tragic fragmentation of Christianity, I'm afraid you're right. But my point was that anyone who claimed that Catholics were "not Christians, by definition", were off-base.

One can be a Catholic and not a Christian and one can be a Christian and not a Catholic. One does not by default mean the other.

I never said that one meant the other, "by default". But... one can be a Catholic and a Christian. Right?