Are Catholics regarded by other Christians as Christians?

Christianity is generally seperated into three major subgroups in the world - Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant (which includes Anglicans). Of these, Catholicism is the largest (about 1 billion) followed by Protestants (about 800 million). However, in the U.S. read more

Others think that Catholics in general are not Christians but that some Catholics might be Christians in spite of the teachings of their church. Protestant views of Orthodox are generally more accepting of them as Christians (mostly because of their rejection of the papacy), but there are others who believe they are not Christians because of the close similarity to Catholics in the Orthodox liturgy. read more

All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics. A Christian refers to a follower of Jesus Christ who may be a Catholic, Protestant, Gnostic, Mormon, Evangelical, Anglican or Orthodox, or follower of another branch of the religion. read more

Catholicism is the biggest section of the Christianity, Catholics have several differences against another Christian sects, but the main belief of Catholicism is the Holy Trinity meaning that Christ is a part of God along with the Father and the Holy Spirit. read more