Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes Shia theologians to Lambeth Palace

[CopyBoy]

[Lambeth Palace] The Archbishop of Canterbury has welcomed a group of Shia theologians to Lambeth Palace at the culmination of three days of dialogue with Christian theologians, hosted by Harris Manchester College, Oxford and the British Council.

Expressing his appreciation for this dialogue, Archbishop Justin Welby said:

“At a time of increasing fear and division in the world, it is ever more important that people of faith, Christians and Muslims, come together to work towards the common good for the betterment of all.

“As Anglicanism has its roots in the United Kingdom, and Shi’ism in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the former Persian Empire, I recognise that there is great potential for our faith to act as a bridge between our faith communities and the countries in which they are based.”

anglicannews.org/news/2015/12/archbishop-of-canterbury-welcomes-shia-theologians-to-lambeth-palace.aspx

 

[christofirst]

It’s certainly better to talk with each other than it is to shoot at each other!

 

[Sy_Noe]

I agree with the words of Archbishop Welby that “At a time of increasing fear and division in the world, it is ever more important that people of faith, Christians and Muslims, come together to work towards the common good for the betterment of all."

Amen to that! There seems far far too much fear of our Muslim brothers and sisters and division in my country (the USA). I was just having this discussion recently when I asked my Muslim neighbor and friend how things have been at their mosque following another nearby mosque being vandalized. He assured me that none of the world’s major religions teach the killing of other human beings who walk God’s earth. That a relatively small minority make it bad on everyone else. And that there is one God. I agreed. There are afterall nearly 2 billion Muslims in the world. And that yes if one is monotheistic in belief, there is only one God. One God who created us all. Our brothers and sisters. So I am so glad to see the Anglican archbishop embracing Muslims.