{"id":69814,"date":"2024-09-14T19:24:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T00:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=69814"},"modified":"2024-09-14T19:24:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T00:24:19","slug":"pope-claims-there-are-many-ways-to-reach-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/pope-claims-there-are-many-ways-to-reach-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Claims There Are Many Ways to Reach God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source<\/strong>: “Pope Francis stirs controversy with interreligious remarks<\/a>,” The Pillar, 13 September 2024.<\/p>\n

“All religions are a path to reach God. They are – I make a comparison – like different languages, different idioms, to get there. But God is God for everyone, and since God is God for everyone, we are all children of God. ‘But my God is more important than yours!’ Is this true? There is only one God, and our religions are languages, paths to reach God. Some are Sikh, some are Muslim, some are Hindu, some are Christian, but they are different paths.” [Pope Francis]<\/p>\n

\u00a0“<\/b>The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as “a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life.” [Catechism of the Catholic Church, p. 848, 2nd Edition].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me’<\/em>” (John 14:6).<\/p>\n

“There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all<\/em>” (Ephesians 4:4-6).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: “Pope Francis stirs controversy with interreligious remarks,” The Pillar, 13 September 2024. “All religions are a path to reach God. They are – I make a comparison – like different languages, different idioms, to get there. 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