Church teaching on Islam

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I did.
Muslims claim the Faith of Abraham. Don’t have it.
Pope addressed Catholic’s relationship to Abraham which, is the belief in Jesus.
NA affirms monotheism.
 
From NA:

The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself;

Note: “The one God” Not the “One True God” subsisting in Himself, not subsisting in three persons.
 
Pope Benedict:

“In no way did I wish to make my own the words of the medieval emperor. I wished to explain that not religion and violence, but religion and reason, go together. I hope that my profound respect for world religions and for Muslims, who worship the one God and with whom we promote peace, liberty, social justice, and moral values for the benefit of all humanity, is clear.”

Mentions Muslims worship the one God. Not “one true” God, which he himself professes in his Catholic Faith as the Trinity.
 
cothrige said:
In our parish, and the attached school that our son attends, it is taught that Muslims are good Christians. Malcolm X has been referenced specifically as a Christian. So, there you are.
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I’m sure that good Muslims are good Muslims, but as they do not* worship* Our Lord Jesus Christ, nor recognize His Divinity,* they remain Muslims, *not Christians (followers of Christ.) :highprayer:

While we may respect good people of many religions, and we should follow the example of the Holy Father, all men are not Christians merely because they respect Judeo Christian ethics. Muslims may even revere Christ as prophet, but Christ is so much more to us.:heaven::harp: They do not consider Him God’s Only Begotten Son, nor do they follow Him as we do, believing in His atoning death, Resurrection, and His divine nature. A Christian is a follower of Christ.:highprayer::angel1::signofcross:
 
Not really. What is said and not said is the difference in the whole issue. “Worship the one god” Doesn’t answer whether it’s the God of the Gospels or the god of the Koran. Which are different.
 
Thanks so much for addressing this fact so succintly.
There is ONLY ONE GOD. God is God. Anyone
holding to a pretence that says ‘the one God is not
the one TRUE God’ is fighting with the very absolute
Teaching Authority of the Church. It boggles the mind
to imagine that Christians, Catholics, would twist
the teaching in such a corrupt way.

God is God.
The one God is the one true God.

This is NOT a word game.
 
catharina said:
Thanks so much for addressing this fact so succintly.
There is ONLY ONE GOD. God is God. Anyone
holding to a pretence that says ‘the one God is not
the one TRUE God’ is fighting with the very absolute
Teaching Authority of the Church. It boggles the mind
to imagine that Christians, Catholics, would twist
the teaching in such a corrupt way.

God is God.
The one God is the one true God.

This is NOT a word game.
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God of the Gospels?
Or the Koran?
 
Do you believe the words attributed as God speaking in the Koran are indeed the One True God
 
jam070406 said:
God of the Gospels?
Or the Koran?
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There is ONLY ONE God.

I will not be addressing your concerns
since they are based in your opinion only,
and these opinions stand opposed to the
teachings of the Catholic Church.
 
catharina said:
There is ONLY ONE God.

I will not be addressing your concerns
since they are based in your opinion only,
and these opinions stand opposed to the
teachings of the Catholic Church.
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So God is the author of the Koran?
Am I bound to believe that?
 
catharina said:
I will not be addressing your concerns
since they are based in your opinion only,
and these opinions stand opposed to the
teachings of the Catholic Church.
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So you’re just gonna throw that out there and not prove it eh?
 
jam070406 said:
So you’re just gonna throw that out there and not prove it eh?
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Heavens NO. I’m going to stand with
Jharek and armyvet and allow you
to spin your fantasy without my
interference.

So simple.

As armyvet said: ‘no point in challenging’ your view.
You’ve made it clear that you don’t want the truth.

So that’s that!

:rolleyes:
 
catharina said:
Heavens NO. I’m going to stand with
Jharek and armyvet and allow you
to spin your fantasy without my
interference.

So simple.

As armyvet said: ‘no point in challenging’ your view.
You’ve made it clear that you don’t want the truth.

So that’s that!

:rolleyes:
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No I do!
Can you answer what the Faith of Abraham is or whether the words in the Koran attributed to God are the word of the one true God? They couldn’t. Like them, you just seem to want to insult me and not answer.
 
jam070406 said:
No I do!
Can you answer what the Faith of Abraham is or whether the words in the Koran attributed to God are the word of the one true God? They couldn’t. Like them, you just seem to want to insult me and not answer.
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This is not an insult.
This is pointing out a FACT.

Why you would chose to prolong an intellectual argument
(that has LONG been settled by the Catholic Church) is
beyond my imagination. Plus, it holds no interest for me.

Only God is God.
Islam, worshiping ONE GOD is the worship of one God.
Sorry if you feel that someone must PROVE this to you.

Good luck with that.
 
BenedictFTW said:
He never prayed with them. He was there while they prayed to their Allah. A very different thing. Please be careful what you are saying about our saintly Pope.
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I am telling you the truth.

The Pope prayed to God in a perfect way through the Trinity.

Just because Muslims pray to God in an un-perfect way does not mean they pray to a false god.

We have the fullness of the truth through the Church because of Jesus Christ. We are all taught to bring all to Salvation through the Church.

But to say that Muslims pray to a false God is untrue. It is not the God that they pray to that is in-perfect, It is the way they pray that is in-perfect. They do not have the revelation of God through the Trinity as we do.

We are taught the PERFECT way to pray, That is through the Father Son and Holy Spirit. ONE GOD in the 3 persons.

But to say they pray to a different God is false. And it is untrue and unfair to say that the Church does not teach the truth. It does.

It states together with us they pray to the One true God. It never states that they pray in the perfect way, Simply because the perfect way is the way Jesus taught us which is through the Trinity.

But we are also taught that although they may pray in-perfect through no fault of their own they can still obtain Salvation in ways that are only known to God.

Again it is wrong to say the Church does not know what is taught, or to say the Pope went overboard in his teachings. He has the power of the Holy Spirit to teach and preach in the name of Christ. And he did.

He gave us the teaching. We can reject or accept them. He has the keys to the kingdom and I believe every word he teaches.
 
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