Believe me when I say that, contrary to what you might have heard doctrinally ignorant Catholics might say, the Catholic Church does consider itself to be Christian. The Catholic Church was first Christian church and currently makes up 55% of all those in the world who identify as Christian. Now, why am I writing this? My initial reason was that those who deny us as Christians I find irritating. However, since most of these arguments are either based on straw men or else collapse on themselves by self-contradiction, I think it is expedient to clarify what Catholics actually believe. Before the reader asks, Catholics do believe in the Trinity and the Divinity of Christ. There are three Persons but one God. The Father is the first principle of the Godhead. The Son is begotten of the Father and the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Son…