Are non-Christian religions acceptable?

[mrsdizzyd]

However you want to split that hair, just know St. Thomas Aquinas is not on your side in this. I’m fairly confident that if he were here right now he would admonish you for your unreasonableness.

 

[AndrewAxland]

You do see how you’ve contradicted yourself there?
Also, you are not going to get very far if you cherry pick single verses or sentences outside of the context you are set in. Catholic exegesis is holistic to the extreme, quite unlike Protestant exegesis. Individual verses and sentences don’t stand on their own, and have to be interpreted in reference to the Divine Tradition of the Magisterium.

I’ll provide you again with the link to Nostra aetate, without which you are going to continue to be confused about this matter:

http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_...ts/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html

 

[ATraveller]

How then can any Catholic possibly give any value to non-Christian religions?

Be more specific.

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As an Evangelical, other religions can be helpful for some people but they are defective. Ultimately, Jesus is the Way, the Truth and Life and Christians must help in drawing all people to Him.
And syncretism is not acceptable.

 

[StAugustine]

Can you demonstrate how he is not on my side or are you confident in just feeling like it?

 

[AndrewAxland]

Can you demonstrate how he is not on my side or are you confident in just feeling like it?

I have to agree with mrsdizzy. It looks like you have completely misunderstood the passage you quoted. Like, completely.

 

[StAugustine]

Looks like a dissertation is in order…

 

[mrsdizzyd]

Can you demonstrate how he is not on my side or are you confident in just feeling like it?

I already did demonstrate it when I quoted from Summa Theologiae. As a matter of fact, you did as well when you quoted from De Veritate (and then completely misinterpreted it).

 

[Pup7]

Why not ask Saudi’s Crown Prince?

He recently met with Jewish and Catholic leaders.

 

[ratio1]

there are only 4 categories of major religions:

Just wondering
Did they count atheism as a religion?

 

[ratio1]

This is not the same God.

Just wondering
Do you believe Baptists and Lutherans worship a different God?

 

[mrsdizzyd]

Goodness, you mean we are called the 3 Abrahamic religions for a reason?

 

[AndrewAxland]

Did they count atheism as a religion?

Why would they. It’s not a religion, although there are atheistic religions like Buddhism.

 

[Pup7]

Goodness, you mean we are called the 3 Abrahamic religions for a reason?

I was wondering myself!

 

[angel12]

I quoted Scripture in the OP, so I’m wondering why you suggest looking at the CCC for the true understanding. Scripture obviously trumps all and cannot be changed.

Are you saying the Catechism is wrong, and the Church is teaching us error?

 

[mrsdizzyd]

Eddie18:

I quoted Scripture in the OP, so I’m wondering why you suggest looking at the CCC for the true understanding. Scripture obviously trumps all and cannot be changed.

Are you saying the Catechism is wrong, and the Church is teaching us error?

Oh snap!

 

[Pup7]

I quoted Scripture in the OP, so I’m wondering why you suggest looking at the CCC for the true understanding. Scripture obviously trumps all and cannot be changed.

No, you asked what the Catholic Church teaches. We are not sola scriptura.

I responded to this:

You are forgetting something. Muslims do not worship the same God as Catholics. Catholics believe God consists of the Blessed Trinity.

Which was your response to my posting of paragraphs 841, 842, and 843 of the current and correct CCC.

Scripture also teaches love your neighbor as yourself. Is not the Muslim your neighbor?

We’re not put here to judge - something also taught in scripture.

Every single quote you offered says Jesus and God will be the judges. NOT US.

 

[Wannano]

angel12:

lilypadrees:

What traditions might those be, drac?

Oddly enough, he doesn’t seem to have an answer.

Yes, very odd.

I am not drac but I proposed a question that oddly enough as well has not been answered.

 

[Pup7]

I am not drac but I proposed a question that oddly enough as well has not been answered.

It’s a long thread - what was your question? Not a trap.

 

[Wannano]

Wannano:

I am not drac but I proposed a question that oddly enough as well has not been answered.

It’s a long thread - what was your question? Not a trap.

See post 73.

 

[mrsdizzyd]

Genesis315:

With regard to infants, the grace of baptism (whether received ordinarily or extraordinarily) infuses the habit of faith. For such infants, with regard to actual faith, as St. Augustine says “He believes by another, who has sinned by another.” (De Verb. Apost., xiv, xviii). Faith is imputed by proxy. But once a person has a sufficient intellect and will, he must believe himself.

Biblical references to baptism seem to indicate belief and repentance should precede baptism. Is it fair to say that the concept of infant baptism was derived from Tradition rather than direct explicit Biblical teaching?

@Pup7 Tada!!!