“It follows that these separated churches and Communities, though we believe they suffer from defects, are deprived neither of significance nor importance in the mystery of salvation. In fact the Spirit of Christ has not refrained from using them as instruments of salvation, whose value derives from that fullness of grace and of truth which has been entrusted to the Catholic Church”— Pope B16, Dominus Iesus
“The Pope is more gracious toward those outside his denomination than most Roman Catholics that I’ve engaged with here on Free Republic.”
As far as Christian faiths claiming that another isn’t Christian, there’s a vocal minority of nonCatholic Christians who go beyond thinking the Catholic Church is wrong on many grave things to thinking Catholics aren’t Christians. FR actually bans some of the things produced from this mouth-breathing wackadoo-ism.
Freegards
“As far as Christian faiths claiming that another isn’t Christian, there’s a vocal minority of nonCatholic Christians who go beyond thinking the Catholic Church is wrong on many grave things to thinking Catholics aren’t Christians. FR actually bans some of the things produced from this mouth-breathing wackadoo-ism.”
Since many Catholics are not Christians, being a Catholic does not make one a Christian any more that being Italian makes one a Christian.
Being Baptist, or, (insert whatever denomination here) also does not make one a Christian.
Doing the will of the Heavenly Father makes one a Christian (according to Jesus).
(And what’s wrong with mouth-breathing...?)