Catholics regard Muhammad as a prophet??

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Please refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church where it clearly state that:

CCC 523 “St. John the Baptist is the Lord’s immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way. “Prophet of the Most High”, John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last…”

CCC 65 “…There will be no further Revelation”

CCC 67 “…Christian faith cannot accept “revelations” that claim to surpass or correct the Revelation of which Christ is the fulfillment, as is the case in certain non-Christian religions and also in certain recent sects which base themselves on such “revelations”.
 
Any Catholic who regards Muhammad a prophet is certainly misguided to say the least.
 
LDNCatholic said:
I’m sorry thats incorrect. Isa (the name given to Jesus in Islam) is named al-Masih (Arabic for the Messiah) eleven times in the Qu’ran:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_Islam

alternatively

kalimatullah.com/framesets/master.html?http://www.kalimatullah.com/pages/uniqueisa.html

However I do not recognise Muhammad as a true prophet any more than i recognise Guru Nanak or Siddartha Gautama
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Correct. They recognize Jesus as the Messiah, in their thinking, but not in ours.

Also, I can’t take this article seriously as the panel had members of the “Nation of Islam” as “Muslim” members. Nation of Islam is not Muslim as they accept more prophets after Muhammad.
 
Reformed_Rob said:
*It is clear that Christianity and Islam each regard Jesus as the Messiah and Mohammad as a prophet, respectively. *

Meaning, Christianity regards Jesus as the Messiah and Islam regards Mohammad as a prophet.
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This sentence was worded very poorly. I don’t think it’s saying that Christianity regards Muhammad as a prophet, just that we both accept Jesus as a Prophet.

I don’t think this article would get a nihil obstat from the diocesan bishop. 😃
 
Once at mass a nun was giving the homily(That’s the first problem!) and referred to Muhammed as “the prophet Muhammed”! In a Catholic church!!! It wasn’t a slip of the tongue that might have been caused by hearing him referred to as such, she deliberately paused to decide how to refer to him, and proceded with the title of prophet… had the family not been there I’d have left that second.:mad:
 
RPConover said:
Once at mass a nun was giving the homily(That’s the first problem!) and referred to Muhammed as “the prophet Muhammed”! In a Catholic church!!! It wasn’t a slip of the tongue that might have been caused by hearing him referred to as such, she deliberately paused to decide how to refer to him, and proceded with the title of prophet… had the family not been there I’d have left that second.:mad:
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The nun wasn’t Karen Armstrong?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Armstrong
 
RPConover said:
Once at mass a nun was giving the homily(That’s the first problem!) and referred to Muhammed as “the prophet Muhammed”! In a Catholic church!!! It wasn’t a slip of the tongue that might have been caused by hearing him referred to as such, she deliberately paused to decide how to refer to him, and proceded with the title of prophet… had the family not been there I’d have left that second.:mad:
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I have walked out of NO masses. Somethimes you have to
 
RPConover said:
Once at mass a nun was giving the homily(That’s the first problem!) and referred to Muhammed as “the prophet Muhammed”! In a Catholic church!!! It wasn’t a slip of the tongue that might have been caused by hearing him referred to as such, she deliberately paused to decide how to refer to him, and proceded with the title of prophet… had the family not been there I’d have left that second.:mad:
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I think that was probably an honest mistake, as I’ve seen many other people do it either out of error or what they call courtesy. The only thing you possibly could have done was talk to her in private afterwards to clear up the mistake.
 
**They do however see Jesus as the one who will save them on Judgment Day. According to them Jesus will throw us into hellfire for worshipping him as a God. I was told by my Muslim ex “we will see who is right on Judgement Day”. Sums it up really. Mohammed is not a prohpet of God.

You can get a good picture of islam here - he is an ex-muslim Christian Pastor: gilead.ws/answeringislam.html**
 
I read and re-read the article. I think it is a matter of a reporter messing up and an editor not catching it. I would contact them and get them to clarify. If they won’t, I would call the Bishop and get him to get it fixed.
 
I would say, “no.” I won’t use “prophet” and “Mohammad” in the same sentence.
 
For my part, I do not believe that Jesus was a prophet. No, He is the Second Person of the Trinity, God, and the Lord through which all things were created. By the way, that is, not coincidently, exactly what the Catholic Church teaches.

However, I do believe that Muhammad was a prophet; a false prophet. Not coincidently that perspective is consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
 
Montalban said:
Unfortunately they use the term “Messiah”
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Les définitions; toujours les définitions.

Muslims in this forum have sworn up and down that they believe in human rights, but on closer examination, what they call “rights” are merely social obligations to us. Then there is the topic I have brought up again and again, – The Golden Rule: "Treat others as you would be treated.” Turns out that “others” to a Muslim means a brother Muslim.

So, how do we know “Messiah” was translated properly? The concept of “Messiah” in Islam is probably different from the Christian one. I even have my doubts about the Muslim use of the term “prophet”. As I have seen them use the word, it appears to mean loosely “holy man”.

“You can call a horse’s tail a leg, but that doesn’t make it one.”
 
Reformed_Rob said:
In a recent edition in the “West Tennessee Catholic” newspaper, it had an article covering a Muslim & Christian Forum at St. Augustine Church.

There were 3 Christians and 3 Muslims. The three Christians were the pastor at St. Augustine’s, a Presbyterian Liberation Church Pastor, and a pastor at a “Church of Human Development”.

So in this article, there is the following sentence:

So I’m a little confused…

Muslims - Does the Islamic faith regard Jesus as the Messiah?

Christians - Does the Christian faith regard Muhammad as a prophet?

I’ve never been taught that I should regard Muhammad as a prophet, and I’ve been a Catholic for a year. What else do I need to know?

Of course, I realize the mix of panelists on both sides could have contributed to a bad dissemination of information.
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Catholics regard Muhammad as a prophet? You have to be kidding.
 
The Pope himself said:

“Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached”

I would therefore say a resounding no as my answer.
 
Absurd. Don’t you think that Joseph Smith would be considered a prophet by the Catholic Church before it would even entertain Mohammed?
 
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