I would not call Catholics Christians anymore than I would call Mormons Christians..neither trust in Christ..both trust in their own righteousness and works ...they both have a jesus that does not save
Someone either believes in the power and perfection of the Holy Spirit, or they don't.
John 14:24He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard, is not mine; but the Father's who sent me.
John 14:25These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you.
John 14:26But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you.
John 21:24This is that disciple who giveth testimony of these things, and hath written these things; and we know that his testimony is true.
John 21:25But there are also many other things which Jesus did ; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written.
Scripture states that the Holy Spirit will teach the Apostles all things and will ". . . bring all things . . ." to the minds of the Apostles. Scripture also clearly states that there are many other things Christ did, so many the author uses the phrase, ". . . the world itself, I think, would not contain the books that should be written" to describe how much else was done.
We have a good bit that was written by people who were ordained by the Apostles and we know what those who were ordained by the Apostles learned was based on what the Apostles taught them, brought to the remembrance of the Apostles by the Holy Spirit. The Apostles taught those they ordained how to interpret Scriputure plus all those things that were not written down, the huge volume of what Christ did that does not appear in Scripture.
What those who were taught by and ordained by the Apostles handed down is identical to what the Catholic Church has always taught and still teaches including the fact that Christ left us a visible, organized, Church and the fact that the authority given the Apostles passes down to those they ordained. Then through those who the Apostles ordained to us through those who are ordained generation after generation.
As I said, someone either believes in the power and perfection of the Holy Spirit, or they don't.
Someone who believes in the power and perfection of the Holy Spirit knows the Holy Spirit protects the Truth as it passes down to us including the proper interpretation of what was written down as Scripture.
Those who deny the perfection and the power of the Holy Spirit by throwing Scripture in the garbage prove that while they believe in the perfection of anti-Christ, anti-Christian, Jewish Rabbis and are therefore Pharisees of the school of Jamnia, they absolutely refuse to accept the the power and perfection of the Holy Spirit. Like true Pharisees, they reject Christ because they demand a Savior of their own fashioning.
When someone denies the perfection of the Holy Spirit they’re both denying the Trinity and blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
Christ tells us that a bad tree does not bear good fruit so anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit cannot understand and correctly interpret Scripture as blaspheming the Holy Spirit is not just the hallmark of a bad tree, it's the hallmark of the worst sort of bad tree. A tree that grows out of the sin Christ says cannot be forgiven in this life or the next.
What anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit has to say with regard to Christianity or Scripture is worthless even when, like Satan, they mix Scripture or a proper interpretation of Scripture in with their lies the same way good feed has rat poison mixed in to kill those who swallow it. Mixing the poison of Self and Self Alone into interpretation of Scripture is the same thing as mixing the poison into good feed and leads to the damnation of those who swallow it.
Like Satan, such folks quote Scripture. Like Satan they follow their Self and Self Alone rather than Christ. Like like Satan they lead others away from Christ and to their Self.
Whether they intend to lead others away from Christ or are simply themselves under the strong diabolical delusion Satan spreads makes no difference. Either way, such folks are Judas goats leading sheep to their own destruction.
Proof of the Truth of these facts is not only in Scripture, it’s staring everyone in this country in the face every day.
When there are no longer a sufficient number of faithful Catholics and other Christians in a society to resist those anxious to take the doctrine of Self and Self Alone to it’s logical conclusion, the society becomes a Pagan society exactly the why the United States has now officially embraced Paganism.
Have a nice day