[Legatus]

Just on a whim I searched the vatican website for the words Christian (about 42600 hits) and Catholic (about 36600 hits), not that it makes any difference one way or the other, I just found it interesting.

Beyond that, in encyclicals and other papal documents the people are almost always addressed as the Christian faithful, in Spe Salvi I found 55 times the word Christian was used, 10 times for Catholic.

Some examples:
ON CHRISTIAN HOPE
According to the Christian faith
Peter exhorts Christians
the early Christians
compare the Christian life with life prior to faith
a distinguishing mark of Christians the fact that they have a future
Christianity was not only “good news”

That’s just from the first two paragraphs of one rather spiffy encyclical...

[Jim Robinson]

Catholics are Christian. Well, maybe not all are practicing Christians (ie, those pushing abortion and the homosexual agenda, etc.), but that would also apply to some protestants.

All:

Discuss the issues all you wish, including debating the pros and cons, dogma, traditions, history, customs, beliefs, etc, of various religions or sects, but do not make it personal.

(per the religion forum rules: http://www.freerepublic.com/~religionmoderator/ )

[Salvation]

Catholics are Christians. In fact the first followers of Christ were Catholics. Christ established his Church on the apostlels, the first Bishops.

[Salvation]

Catholics are Christians. In fact the first followers of Christ were Catholics. Christ established his Church on the apostles, the first Bishops.

[kanawa]

For Christ’s sake, Stop it!

[af_vet_1981]

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[A CA Guy]

A Catholic is the original Christians that Christ founded. If this person doesn’t know they are Christian to begin with then they already had a bigger problem than converting IMO.

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

Brother, I caution you. You are dangerously close to beliefs that can only lead to hellfire. You are taking it upon yourself to determine what only God can know. Only God can judge who has or has not been saved, who is or is not among his flock.

What you express here is very like the same sin that Satan was guilt of: pride. Only those with too much pride could possibly believe that they could cast judgement upon the immortal souls of their peers. “Judge not; lest ye be judged.”

I beg you to remember that Jesus wanted us to be humble, not proud. And I can think of nothing more prideful than declaring who is or is not saved.

The devil’s tongue speaks through your lips...