On the 450th Anniversary of the miraculous victory of the combined forces of Christendom against the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto, Pope Francis and religious leaders sign and entrust an appeal for Peace to little children, who in turn give them to political leaders. pic.twitter.com/ufzKSgaW7p
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) October 7, 2021
Showing posts with label interfaith dialogue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interfaith dialogue. Show all posts
Thursday, October 07, 2021
The WEF Pope
Friday, July 16, 2021
The American Churchman
“That religion can inspire, encourage, and inspire . . . has to be a cause of optimism.”
— EWTN News (@EWTNews) July 16, 2021
~@CardinalDolan @IRFSummit #IRFSummit #IRFSummit2021 pic.twitter.com/qCgHUylq4M
Do all religions participate equally in the Logos? Are they equally "spiritual" or "satisfying"? Why do ROman Catholics need to participate in events like this?
Monday, February 15, 2021
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
"Universal Teacher" or Something
Cardinal Turkson said the Vatican doesn’t discuss salvation “in any group” because they’re multifaith. “It’s not to throw religion at them” but rather “takes the form of the Church’s social teaching... The objective isn’t to provoke everyone to conversion” https://t.co/X2zI8XvpfZ
— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin) February 10, 2021
Sunday, February 07, 2021
Greeks on Board with This
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue officially launched translations of their latest joint document "Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity"#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/RciH3aSgpG
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) February 5, 2021
Friday, February 05, 2021
New World Order
Pope Francis on Thursday joined the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University and the head of the United Nations to celebrate the first International Day on Human Fraternity, in which the pontiff defined fraternity as the “new frontier” of humanity.https://t.co/yHTyEyc6om
— Crux (@Crux) February 5, 2021
Either “we are siblings, or we destroy each other,” Pope Francis said. “Today, there’s no time for indifference. We cannot wash our hands. With distance, with disregard, with contempt. Either we are brothers, or everything comes crumbling down.”https://t.co/qK2ocu9D4F
— Crux (@Crux) February 5, 2021
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
A False Irenicism
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
— Church Life Journal (@ChurchLifeND) January 27, 2021
It is the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.https://t.co/Vn6GJjWhSQ
And of course Greeks are aping Latins.
Archbishop @Elpidophoros of America made a post on Twitter in which he spoke of antisemitism on the Holocaust Remembrance Day#orthodox_times @goarch https://t.co/jNb4jDXBtb
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) January 27, 2021
Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Why?
Does Nostra Aetate deal with Chalcedonian Orthodoxy? (No.)
Archimandrite Nikodemos Angnostopoulos contributed to the volume Nostra Aetate, Non-Christian Religions, and Interfaith Relations published by Villanova University#orthodox_timeshttps://t.co/PbpGjyF8jO
— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) January 4, 2021
Saturday, November 07, 2020
Lord Have Mercy
We should pray for him as we pray for all who die, Christian or non-Christian, as they are judged by God. But it is not surprising that Roman Catholics, in their disordered desire for good interfaith relations, praise him thus. What did Rabbi Sacks do to preserve the Christian character of the UK, rather than promoting "liberalism"? What did he say about the dangerous immigration policies?
Patrick Deneen
My God. My God. No. No! My beloved friend Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has died. This is devastating. Love and deepest condolences to dear Elaine, to their children, to Joanna and Dan, and to the Jewish community of Britain and the world. "Now he belongs to the ages." https://t.co/8958Go3n2Y
— Robert P. George (@McCormickProf) November 7, 2020
Patrick Deneen
Requiescat in pace, Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. We need his wisdom now more than ever. May his memory be a blessing. https://t.co/hcLnVkyEka
— C.C. Pecknold (@ccpecknold) November 7, 2020
This is dreadfully sad news. Rabbi Sacks was a towering mind and an endless font of powerful wisdom gently spoken.
— Ed. Condon (@canonlawyered) November 7, 2020
The word is a sadder, poorer, smaller place without him. https://t.co/7jBROp67qe
My sympathies to all my Jewish friends on the passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. @rabbisacks One of the great religious leaders of our time.
— Samuel Gregg (@DrSamuelGregg) November 7, 2020
RIP @rabbisacks, a kind and learned spiritual leader. https://t.co/3EyfHXNNCf
— Francis X. Rocca (@FrancisXRocca) November 7, 2020
“Friends, in America, the tree of liberty has religious roots. Don’t believe you can sever those roots and have the tree of liberty survive.” Brilliant man. May we emulate his compassion. https://t.co/XWtSrJID1B
— María Montserrat Alvarado (@Mmontsealvarado) November 7, 2020
You didn't ask me, but this is the best speech I've ever seen in person. Professor George introduced him: https://t.co/ZTllf2oZML
— Luke Goodrich (@LukeWGoodrich) November 7, 2020
A great loss for all people of faith. Rabbi the Lord Sacks has died at only 72. Previously Chief Rabbi. ‘On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.’ pic.twitter.com/1OJWXkGR3t
— The Bishop of Fulham (@bishopoffulham) November 7, 2020
Saturday, October 24, 2020
"Interfaith Dialogue" at the Academic Level
This is "conservatism."
Sunday's event features an important discussion between President Hamza Yusuf and Dr. Thomas Hibbs of the University of Dallas on the crisis of nihilism in current American culture and how liberal education addresses that problem.
— Zaytuna College (@zaytunacollege) October 23, 2020
We hope you'll join live: https://t.co/RbeBQrEdrn pic.twitter.com/SIPoF0rPor
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Perhaps the Most Theologically Problematic Act of His Pontificate
I suggest keeping an eye on the 'Higher Committee of Human Fraternity'. https://t.co/T9HT9wpczM
— Fr Thomas Crean OP (@crean_fr) August 20, 2020
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
John 8:19, John 14:6-21, Matthew 10:33
First Things: On John Paul II’s Centenary by George Weigel (CWR)
How many Jews converted to Christ because of John Paul II? What was the justification for not preaching Christ to the Jews? If there needed to be a healing of memories, why should that be only one-sided? Any preaching about the political duties and obligations of Jews living in Christian countries, or formerly Christian countries, or political consequences if they reject these responsibilities and identities? If there needs to be a time out, a hands-off approach so that memories can be healed, let memories be healed, but both parties must recognize the wrongs that have been committed, and there must be an honest expression by both parties of what they find at fault with the other. Are both partners equal in their dialogue?
Was Abraham a Pharisee? Moses? David? The Maccabees? How can John Paul II then call Pharisees "our elder brothers"? Our elder brothers are Abraham and the righteous ones of the Old Testament, followed by the sons of Israel who came to know Christ and believed, the first Christians. Christianity is not a "Jewish heresy," it is the true Judaism, if we can even put Christianity into the category of "religion" and rename it such. Would the Israelites have said they had a religion that was to be called "Judaism"? The system of belief and worship could be given a name as being particular to their people, but is that how they would have understood the system, or would they have given priority to God in understanding their "religion"?
John 8:39, Galatians 3:7-9 -- but Saints John and Paul, both true Jews in their ethnicity, which was superseded by their supernatural adoption by God, are anti-semites? Perhaps much of the confusion can be attributed to Vatican II and John Paul II. We can get a document from the Roman Curia like this as a result:
COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS RELATIONS WITH THE JEWS
"THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING OF GOD ARE IRREVOCABLE" (Rom 11:29)
A REFLECTION ON THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO CATHOLIC–JEWISH RELATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF "NOSTRA AETATE" (NO.4)
In its critical parts, this document uses bad exegesis and equivocation to support its claims regarding the heirs of the Pharisees. It also avoids a discussion of the parts of the Gospel of St. John and the letters of St. Paul that would also be relevant to a Christian discussion of the Pharisee religion/Talmudic Judaism.
None of the claims by John Paul II, Vatican II, or various documents from the Roman Curia, or any other Latin source for that matter, touching upon the adherents of Talmudic Judaism or Talmudic Judaism itself can be infallible, since they involve judgments of particulars that do not directly pertain to the Christian Mystery, except the question of salvation. How are we to be saved? And the Gospel and Tradition are quite clear on that: through the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. Hence the necessity of the document Dominus Iesus. Either Talmudic Judaism is the same as the salvation by Christ, or it is not. There is no alternative, even if some Christians attempt mental gymnastics to create one. A religion which is predicated upon the denial that Christ is the Son of God cannot be salvific, regardless of the subjectivity of its adherents, who may be saved despite their erroneous beliefs. That religion cannot be the faith of Abraham, which is not something Abraham gives of his own initiative, but is a response to God Himself.
Weigel's attribution of solidarity to John Paul II seems to mean nothing more than the "human fraternity" being pushed by Francis. Human solidarity is not equal, not even comparable to communion with the Most Holy Trinity.
The second emblematic memory from that papal pilgrimage came on March 26 when John Paul walked slowly down the great esplanade before the Western Wall of Herod’s Temple, stopped at the Wall, bowed his head in prayer, and then—like millions of pilgrims before him—left a petition in one of the Wall’s crevices: God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your Name to the nations; we are deeply saddened by the behavior of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer, and asking your forgiveness we commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the people of the Covenant. Amen. Joannes Paulus PP. II. These two episodes give us the key to understanding Pope St. John Paul II. He could preach solidarity, embody solidarity, and call people to a deeper solidarity because he was a radically converted Christian disciple: one who believed in the depth of his being that salvation history—the story of God’s self-revelation to the People of Israel and ultimately in Jesus Christ—is the deepest truth, the inner truth, of world history.
How many Jews converted to Christ because of John Paul II? What was the justification for not preaching Christ to the Jews? If there needed to be a healing of memories, why should that be only one-sided? Any preaching about the political duties and obligations of Jews living in Christian countries, or formerly Christian countries, or political consequences if they reject these responsibilities and identities? If there needs to be a time out, a hands-off approach so that memories can be healed, let memories be healed, but both parties must recognize the wrongs that have been committed, and there must be an honest expression by both parties of what they find at fault with the other. Are both partners equal in their dialogue?
Was Abraham a Pharisee? Moses? David? The Maccabees? How can John Paul II then call Pharisees "our elder brothers"? Our elder brothers are Abraham and the righteous ones of the Old Testament, followed by the sons of Israel who came to know Christ and believed, the first Christians. Christianity is not a "Jewish heresy," it is the true Judaism, if we can even put Christianity into the category of "religion" and rename it such. Would the Israelites have said they had a religion that was to be called "Judaism"? The system of belief and worship could be given a name as being particular to their people, but is that how they would have understood the system, or would they have given priority to God in understanding their "religion"?
John 8:39, Galatians 3:7-9 -- but Saints John and Paul, both true Jews in their ethnicity, which was superseded by their supernatural adoption by God, are anti-semites? Perhaps much of the confusion can be attributed to Vatican II and John Paul II. We can get a document from the Roman Curia like this as a result:
COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS RELATIONS WITH THE JEWS
"THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING OF GOD ARE IRREVOCABLE" (Rom 11:29)
A REFLECTION ON THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO CATHOLIC–JEWISH RELATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF "NOSTRA AETATE" (NO.4)
In its critical parts, this document uses bad exegesis and equivocation to support its claims regarding the heirs of the Pharisees. It also avoids a discussion of the parts of the Gospel of St. John and the letters of St. Paul that would also be relevant to a Christian discussion of the Pharisee religion/Talmudic Judaism.
None of the claims by John Paul II, Vatican II, or various documents from the Roman Curia, or any other Latin source for that matter, touching upon the adherents of Talmudic Judaism or Talmudic Judaism itself can be infallible, since they involve judgments of particulars that do not directly pertain to the Christian Mystery, except the question of salvation. How are we to be saved? And the Gospel and Tradition are quite clear on that: through the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. Hence the necessity of the document Dominus Iesus. Either Talmudic Judaism is the same as the salvation by Christ, or it is not. There is no alternative, even if some Christians attempt mental gymnastics to create one. A religion which is predicated upon the denial that Christ is the Son of God cannot be salvific, regardless of the subjectivity of its adherents, who may be saved despite their erroneous beliefs. That religion cannot be the faith of Abraham, which is not something Abraham gives of his own initiative, but is a response to God Himself.
Weigel's attribution of solidarity to John Paul II seems to mean nothing more than the "human fraternity" being pushed by Francis. Human solidarity is not equal, not even comparable to communion with the Most Holy Trinity.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
More Indifferentism?
Because God's grace is present everywhere and in everyone? Rahner's anonymous Christians? Or an even worse justification?
Someone may defend this on the basis of natural religion or of God's mercy, that God will hear the prayers of everyone who asks Him for His mercy. But that this is an initiative of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity does make it suspicious.
CNA/CWR: Vatican backs worldwide interfaith day of prayer and fasting
But then there is this claim that all believers can perform works of charity. Maybe "charity" is being used here stripped of its supernatural meaning, as non-believers and even Christians do. But should the pope be promoting this confusion?
Someone may defend this on the basis of natural religion or of God's mercy, that God will hear the prayers of everyone who asks Him for His mercy. But that this is an initiative of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity does make it suspicious.
CNA/CWR: Vatican backs worldwide interfaith day of prayer and fasting
I would like to remind you that on 14 May, believers of every religion are invited to unite themselves spiritually in a day of prayer, fasting and works of charity, to implore God to help humanity overcome the coronavirus #pandemic. #HumanFraternity #PrayTogether
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) May 11, 2020
But then there is this claim that all believers can perform works of charity. Maybe "charity" is being used here stripped of its supernatural meaning, as non-believers and even Christians do. But should the pope be promoting this confusion?
The “Prayer for Humanity,” day on May 14 will be an opportunity for all believers “to #pray, fast and do works of charity,” #PopeFrancis said.https://t.co/Kr2B7Y4QBG#PrayerForHumanity #COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #interreligious #faith@VaticanNews @arochoju @AlAzharUniv
— The Dialog (@TheDialogWilm) May 4, 2020
Friday, November 22, 2019
With What Authority?
CWR: In a meeting with Thailand’s Supreme Buddhist Patriarch, Pope Francis encourages peace
Another appeal to natural values – if this is legitimate it should be task of the local bishops, as a representative of Catholics engaged in political life with other members of that state. But the exaggerated munera of the bishop of Rome has consequences.
Another appeal to natural values – if this is legitimate it should be task of the local bishops, as a representative of Catholics engaged in political life with other members of that state. But the exaggerated munera of the bishop of Rome has consequences.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Whose Errand?
What exactly is this solidarity or fraternity? Is it the same as friendship in Christ, or charity? How does the pope know that God desires this? Has he revealed it through Christ?
CNA: Pope Francis: God desires solidarity among Catholics and Muslims
So we must look for the full text for the audience to see what he meant by this.
Finally... a full text.
Let us assume that it is an accurate translation of the Italian:
He is confused about what "permissive will" means, since it [generally] does not mean that God allows it as a good thing -- rather, it is a bad thing which God nonetheless allows. Pope Francis seems to be saying that God permits the plurality of religions, which all look at God (false) -- and that we should take solace in the fact that God has permitted this and have some sort of fraternity with Muslims.
CNA: Pope Francis: God desires solidarity among Catholics and Muslims
“Why does God allow so many religions?” Pope Francis asked at his general audience following the trip.“Scholastic theologians referred to the ‘permissive will’ of God. He willed to permit this reality: that there are many religions,” he said.
So we must look for the full text for the audience to see what he meant by this.
Finally... a full text.
Let us assume that it is an accurate translation of the Italian:
Why are there so many religions, and why ever are there so many religions? With the Muslims we are descendants of the same Father, Abraham: why does God permit so many religions? God willed to permit this: the theologians of Scholasticism referred to God’s permissive voluntas. He willed to permit this reality: there are so many religions; some are born of the culture, but always looking to Heaven, looking at God. However, what God wills is fraternity among us in a special way — here is the reason for this trip — with our brothers, children of Abraham like us, the Muslims. We must not be scared by the difference: God has permitted this. We must be scared if we don’t act with fraternity, to walk together in life.
He is confused about what "permissive will" means, since it [generally] does not mean that God allows it as a good thing -- rather, it is a bad thing which God nonetheless allows. Pope Francis seems to be saying that God permits the plurality of religions, which all look at God (false) -- and that we should take solace in the fact that God has permitted this and have some sort of fraternity with Muslims.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Not a Statement of Theology But of Diplomacy
So we can have a new version of double truth theory! Nice try.
NCReg: On Islam, Francis Follows in Benedict’s Footsteps
COMMENTARY: The new Muslim-Catholic joint document takes up Benedict’s earlier assertion that religious believers — despite theological conflicts — can contend together for the place of God in our common life.
Father Raymond J. de Souza
NCReg: On Islam, Francis Follows in Benedict’s Footsteps
COMMENTARY: The new Muslim-Catholic joint document takes up Benedict’s earlier assertion that religious believers — despite theological conflicts — can contend together for the place of God in our common life.
Father Raymond J. de Souza
Monday, December 31, 2018
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
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