North Carolina church cancels Quran reading, plans interfaith dialogue

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North Carolina church cancels Quran reading, plans interfaith dialogue
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) – A plan to allow for the reading of the Quran from the pulpit during a Mass at St. Peter Church in Charlotte June 26 has been canceled, with an interfaith dialogue planned for October instead. St. Peter Parish had agreed to take part in an event called Faith Shared, in which priests, rabbis and Muslim scholars are scheduled to read sacred texts in each other’s houses of worship. The event is a project of two groups, the Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First. In announcing the cancellation June 7, Jesuit Father Patrick Earl, pastor of St. Peter, noted that a 2004 Vatican document, “Redemptionis Sacramentum” (“The Sacrament of Redemption”) expressly forbids the reading of texts from other religions during the celebration of Mass. Father Earl was not aware of the Vatican prohibition when he agreed to host the event.
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Father Earl was not aware of the Vatican prohibition when he agreed to host the event.
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He didn’t know???

At any rate, the event was cancelled by Bishop Peter Jugis. Thank you, Dear Shepherd, for protecting the flock!
 
Tigg said:
At any rate, the event was cancelled by Bishop Peter Jugis. Thank you, Dear Shepherd, for protecting the flock!
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Errr… protect them from what? Did you think that they would all convert to Islam upon hearing the Qu’ran read?? In that case, yes, he would be protecting his flock. But, if there were no danger of mass conversion, it would not be necessary.
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
Errr… protect them from what? Did you think that they would all convert to Islam upon hearing the Qu’ran read?? In that case, yes, he would be protecting his flock. But, if there were no danger of mass conversion, it would not be necessary.
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Wow - have we gone off the deep end or what? As members of the One, True Church which holds all revealed truth in the treasury of the Deposit of Faith, what possible purpose or benefit could ensue for Catholic Christians to hear the errors contained within the Qu’ran? Not to mention the one little fact that it would be explicitly forbidden as stated in Redemptionis Sacramentum.
 
1holycatholic said:
North Carolina church cancels Quran reading, plans interfaith dialogue
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) – A plan to allow for the reading of the Quran from the pulpit during a Mass at St. Peter Church in Charlotte June 26 has been canceled, with an interfaith dialogue planned for October instead. St. Peter Parish had agreed to take part in an event called Faith Shared, in which priests, rabbis and Muslim scholars are scheduled to read sacred texts in each other’s houses of worship. The event is a project of two groups, the Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First. In announcing the cancellation June 7, Jesuit Father Patrick Earl, pastor of St. Peter, noted that a 2004 Vatican document, “Redemptionis Sacramentum” (“The Sacrament of Redemption”) expressly forbids the reading of texts from other religions during the celebration of Mass. Father Earl was not aware of the Vatican prohibition when he agreed to host the event.
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Al Kresta hit the nail through the board when he said that Catholic mass should be Catholic.

Find another way to have interfaith dialog.
 
Tigg said:
Wow - have we gone off the deep end or what? As members of the One, True Church which holds all revealed truth in the treasury of the Deposit of Faith, what possible purpose or benefit could ensue for Catholic Christians to hear the errors contained within the Qu’ran?
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It has value as a work of literature, a rather well written one, by the way. Putting one’s fingers in one’s ears and shouting “I can’t hear you!” when the Qu’ran is read makes as much sense as someone not of our faith doing the same at the recitation of passages in the Catholic Bible.
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
It has value as a work of literature, a rather well written one, by the way. Putting one’s fingers in one’s ears and shouting “I can’t hear you!” when the Qu’ran is read makes as much sense as someone not of our faith doing the same at the recitation of passages in the Catholic Bible.
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NOT in a Catholic Church, though. :rolleyes:👍
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
It has value as a work of literature, a rather well written one, by the way.
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You may think so, but **not **within the context of the Mass, it doesn’t! The ends of our Liturgy is to give adoration, thanksgiving, and praise to the One Triune Godhead, uniting ourselves to Christ as He offers Himself to the Father. I would think It would be contentious to even Muslims to have the Qu’ran read during the Liturgy of the Word since they don’t believe Christ to be Divine.

Have some Catholics become this rebellious - that they would defend such an outright assault against their faith?
 
I don’t see anything wrong with Catholics participating in an event – just NOT the Mass – where they would hear readings from the Qu’ran. I doubt it’s “contagious.”
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
Errr… protect them from what? Did you think that they would all convert to Islam upon hearing the Qu’ran read?? In that case, yes, he would be protecting his flock. But, if there were no danger of mass conversion, it would not be necessary.
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Yes, Bishop Jugis acted to protect his flock.

Protect them from Indifferentism.

Protect them from a grave abuse of the Mass.
In announcing the cancellation June 7, Jesuit Father Patrick Earl, pastor of St. Peter, noted that a 2004 Vatican document, “Redemptionis Sacramentum” (“The Sacrament of Redemption”) expressly forbids the reading of texts from other religions during the celebration of Mass. Father Earl was not aware of the Vatican prohibition when he agreed to host the event.
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Since Redemptionis Sacramentum is fairly recent and is a very clear document on the Liturgy, one wonders what else from RS Father Earl was not aware of…
 
Tigg said:
You may think so, but **not **within the context of the Mass, it doesn’t! The ends of our Liturgy is to give adoration, thanksgiving, and praise to the One Triune Godhead, uniting ourselves to Christ as He offers Himself to the Father. I would think It would be contentious to even Muslims to have the Qu’ran read during the Liturgy of the Word since they don’t believe Christ to be Divine.

Have some Catholics become this rebellious - that they would defend such an outright assault against their faith?
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In Post 10, I agreed that it not be read at Mass. But, it is wholly valid as part of comparative religion studies or as literature the same way that the Bible can be studied in a non-religious setting.
 
agnes_therese said:
I don’t see anything wrong with Catholics participating in an event – just NOT the Mass – where they would hear readings from the Qu’ran. I doubt it’s “contagious.”
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Exactly so. I ought to have been more clear - it ought not be read at Mass, but only as a part of a non-theological interfaith event. Both Christians and Muslims would benefit by exposure to the other’s holy books.
 
Tigg said:
Wow - have we gone off the deep end or what? As members of the One, True Church which holds all revealed truth in the treasury of the Deposit of Faith, what possible purpose or benefit could ensue for Catholic Christians to hear the errors contained within the Qu’ran? Not to mention the one little fact that it would be explicitly forbidden as stated in Redemptionis Sacramentum.
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👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
 
agnes_therese said:
I don’t see anything wrong with Catholics participating in an event – just NOT the Mass – where they would hear readings from the Qu’ran. I doubt it’s “contagious.”
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It’s not that it is “contagious” but it gains authority if presented in Church, whether at mass or other. I’m not saying there can’t be discussions about Islam, but they need to be presented in the proper framework.

How a Catholic reading of scripture would go over in a mosque might tell us something.
 
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