Are lutherans Christians

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If they have confessed their sins to Jesus then yes they are Christians
 
I don’t know – what if they don’t use the King James version of the Bible?
 
Why wouldn’t they be Christians? Maybe you could be a little more clear in your question as to why you would think they aren’t.
 
The Catholic answer is Yes, they are. The Calvinist answer might be No, they’re not, for the same reason that many Calvinists argue that Catholics are not Christians.
 
Anyone who believes in Jesus Christ is Christian. History: the word “Christian” came out of the Antioch missionary started by the Apostle Paul years after the Calvary of Jesus Christ.
 
They have been baptized, received the Holy Spirit and were infused with Sanctifying Grace when baptized (though they do not know that this baptism modified them in such a way).
That being said, that they are Catholic via baptism; they are yet participating in the protesting heresy and then excommunication of Martin Luther. (Heresy means propagating private opinions of doctrine rather than letting the Church’s Tradition of Doctrine be one’s own, since the Church only passes on what was received, and what it was authoritatively sent to deliver to the faithful - note: things such as the Augsburg Confession, Smalcald Articles, etc., are joint opinions of men opposing Orthodox Doctrine; they are not valid doctrine just because a group of German Noblemen and Clerics signed approval).

So, they are Catholics out of Communion with the Church.
 
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