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DECLARATION ON THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS

                               Nostra Aetate

                              October 28 1965


1. In this age of ours, when men are drawing more closely together and
   the bonds of friendship between different peoples are being
   strengthened the Church examines with greater care the relation which
   she has to non-Christian religions. Ever aware of her duty to foster
   unity and charity among individuals, and even among nations, she
   reflects at the outset on what men have in common and what tends to
   promote fellowship among them.

   All men form but one community. This is so because all stem from the
   one stock which God created to people the entire earth (cf. Acts
   17:26), and also because all share a common destiny, namely God. His
   providence, evident goodness, and saving designs extend to all men
   (cf. Wis. 8:1: Acts 14:17: Rom. 2:6 7: I Tim. 2:4) against the day
   when the elect are gathered together in the holy city which is
   illumined by the glory of God, and in whose splendor all peoples will
   walk(cf. Apoc 21:23 ff.).

   Men look to their different religions for an answer to the unsolved
   riddles of human existence. The problems that weigh heavily on the
   hearts of men are the same today as in the ages past. What is man?
   What is the meaning and purpose of life? What is upright behavior, and
   what is sinful? Where does suffering originate, and what end does it
   serve? How can genuine happiness be found? What happens at death? What
   is judgment? What reward follows death? And finally, what is the
   ultimate mystery, beyond human explanation, which embraces our entire
   existence, from which we take our origin and towards which we tend?

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Re: Declaration On The Relation Of The Church To Non-Christian Religions
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2013, 04:59:42 PM »
2. Throughout history even to the present day, there is found among
   different peoples a certain awareness of a hidden power, which lies
   behind the course of nature and the events of human life. At times
   there is present even a recognition of a supreme being or still more
   of a Father. This awareness and recognition results in a way of life
   that is imbued with a deep religious sense. The religions which are
   found in more advanced civilizations endeavor by way of well-defined
   concepts and exact language to answer these questions. Thus in
   Hinduism men explore the divine mystery and express it both in the
   limitless riches of myth and the accurately defined insights of
   philosophy. They seek release from the trials of the present life by
   ascetical practices, profound meditation and recourse to God in
   confidence and love. Buddhism in its various forms testifies to the
   essential inadequacy of this changing world. It proposes a way of life
   by which men can with confidence and trust, attain a state of perfect
   liberation and reach supreme illumination either through their own
   efforts or by the aid of divine help. So. too, other religions which
   are found throughout the world attempt in their own ways to calm the
   hearts of men by outlining a program of life covering doctrine, moral
   precepts and sacred rites.

   The Catholic Church rejects nothing of what is true and holy in these
   religions. She has a high regard for the manner of life and conduct,
   the precepts and doctrines which, although differing in many ways from
   her own teaching, nevertheless often reflect a ray of that truth which
   enlightens all men. Yet she proclaims and is in duty bound to proclaim
   without fail, Christ who is the way, the truth and the life (Jn. 1:6).
   In him, in whom God reconciled all things to himself (2 Cor. 5:18-19),
   men find the fullness of their religious life.

   The Church therefore, urges her sons to enter with prudence and
   charity into discussion and collaboration with members of other
   religions. Let Christians, while witnessing to their own faith and way
   of life, acknowledge, preserve and encourage the spiritual and moral
   truths found among non-Christians, also their social life and culture.

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Re: Declaration On The Relation Of The Church To Non-Christian Religions
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2013, 05:00:29 PM »
3. The Church has also a high regard for the Muslims. They worship
  God, who is one, living and subsistent, merciful and almighty, the
  Creator of heaven and earth,[1] who has also spoken to men. They
  strive to submit themselves without reserve to the bidden decrees of
  God, just as Abraham submitted himself to God's plan, to whose faith
  Muslims eagerly link their own. Although not acknowledging him as God,
  they worship Jesus as a prophet, his virgin Mother they also honor,
  and even at times devoutly invoke. Further, they await the day of
  judgment and the reward of God following the resurrection of the dead.
  For this reason they highly esteem an upright life and worship God,
  especially by way of prayer, alms-deeds and fasting.

  Over the centuries many quarrels and dissensions have arisen between
  Christians and Muslims. The sacred Council now pleads with all to
  forget the past, and urges that a sincere effort be made to achieve
  mutual understanding; for the benefit of all men, let them together
  preserve and promote peace, liberty, social justice and moral values.

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Re: Declaration On The Relation Of The Church To Non-Christian Religions
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2013, 05:01:11 PM »
4. Sounding the depths of the mystery which is the Church, this sacred
   Council remembers the spiritual ties which link the people of the New
   Covenant to the stock of Abraham.

   The Church of Christ acknowledges that in God's plan of salvation the
   beginning of her faith and election is to be found in the patriarchs.
   Moses and the prophets. She professes that all Christ's faithful, who
   as men of faith are sons of Abraham (cf. Gal. 3:7), are included in
   the same patriarch's call and that the salvation of the Church is
   mystically prefigured in the exodus of God's chosen people from the
   ....

   [1. Cf. St. Gregory VII, Letter 21 to Anzir (Nacir), King of
   Mauretania (PL, 148, col. 450 ff.).]


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Re: Declaration On The Relation Of The Church To Non-Christian Religions
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2013, 05:29:48 PM »
this is great.  1965?  vatican II, thereabouts, when the catholic church was treading the road of aggiornamento.

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Re: Declaration On The Relation Of The Church To Non-Christian Religions
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2013, 05:44:03 PM »
What is so very beautiful and humbling is that Holy Mother Church invites ALL people into its fold.

It is beautiful in seeing the Catechism being truly lived by the blessed Holy Mother Church:

"FATHER, . . . this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. God our Savior desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" - than the name of JESUS."

[Prologue, Catechism of the One, Holy, Roman Catholic Church, ]



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