[mburbank]

I would certainly agree Catholics are Christians. I think the whole subject of what makes Christian a Christian should be raised here.

I would posit the following.

1.) You must believe in Jesus's Divinity, ie. he's Christ and not just a rabbi or prophet.

2.) You must believe in Christ's intercession, ie. He died for the sin of mankind and the faithful are washed of sin in the blood of the lamb.

3.) His role in the trinity is debatable, and your position on this says a lot about what sect of Christianity you may practice. There is much heated dicussion on this, as there is in general literal vs. metaphorical readings of the bible with various sides accusing the other of being 'not real Christians', but scholrs would be hard pressed to put much credence in the arguments on this subject.