Are Mormons Christian?

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123. History owns the word

Its not just the 'Church Fathers'.

The Nicene Creed is repeated by Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches on a regular basis in regular liturgic worship.

About 1 billion followers agree on this basic definition of what a Christian is, and include it in their regular worship services.

It is not about some ambiguous undefined belief.

At about the same time they defined what was in the Bible and what was out.

No one goes around arguing what should be in the bible or what should not. (Except academic arguments that the Book of Revelation is so universally misunderstood it should have been left out - and very nearly was at the time.)

Except the Mormons who believe that the book of Mormon is "Another Testament" about Jesus Christ.

For the record my father's grand uncle was the second longest serving President of the Mormon Church.

My great great great grandfather was first Mayor of Salt Lake City.

I attended Princeton Theological Seminary.

I admire the Rabbi Jesus but I do not accept the Virgin Birth or the Resurrection as a historical event.

Therefore even if I accept all of the ethical and moral teachings of the Sermon of the Mount (which almost certainly never happened) I could not ever be considered a 'Christian' because I don't accept the basic tenets of the Nicene creed. No wafers and wine for me.