Rome and Islam…According to Official Papal Authority ,
Catechism of the #Catholic Church §841 —1992
“The Church’s relationship with the Muslims. ‘The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the 1st place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day.’”
Pope Paul VI, Ecclesiam Suam §107 09-6-1964
“Then to the worshippers of God according to the conception of monotheistic religion, the Moslem religion especially, deserving of our admiration for all that is true and good in their worship of God…”
Pope John Paul II, Address to Muslim Religious Leaders, Kaduna, Nigeria,02-14-1982
“We both believe in one God who is the Creator of man… We adore God and profess total submission to him. Thus, in a true sense, we can call one another brothers and sisters in faith in the one God.”
Pope John Paul II, “Holiness in Christianity and Islam” 5-9-1985
“As I have often said in other meetings with Muslims, your God and ours is one and the same, and we are brothers and sisters in the faith of Abraham.”
Pope John Paul II,to Young Muslims, Casablanca ,08-19-1985
“We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection.”
Pope John Paul II, to the Islamic Community 04-13-1997
“The Church regards with esteem the followers of Islam who… adore the one God, living and subsistent, merciful and almighty, creator of heaven and earth.”
Pope John Paul II,to the Iranian Ambassador 05-5-1997
“We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection.”
Pope John Paul II, General Audience, 05-5-1999
“We Christians joyfully recognize the religious values we have in common with Islam… ‘We believe in the same God, the one God, the living God, the God who created the world and brings his creatures to their perfection.’”
Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini §118 — 09-30-2010
“Among the various religions the Church also looks with respect to Muslims, who adore the one God. They look to Abraham and worship God above all through prayer, almsgiving and fasting.”
Pope Benedict XVI, Ecclesia in Medio Oriente §19, 09-14-2012
“Jews,Christians and Muslims alike believe in one God, the Creator of all men & women.”
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium §252 — 11-24-2013
“We must never forget that they ‘profess to hold the faith of Abraham,& together with us they adore the one, merciful God, who will judge humanity on the last day.’”
Pope Francis, General Audience — 10-28-2015
“I am thinking in particular of Muslims, who—as the Council recalls—‘worship God, who is one, living and subsistent, merciful and almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth.’”
Pope Francis, to the Delegation from the Bologna Mosque — 06-26-2024
“This applies 1st of all to us, Christians, Jews and Muslims, who worship the One God and who refer, albeit in different ways, to Abraham as the father of the faith.”
Lumen Gentium §16
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Vat.2 Council
Promulgated by Pope Paul VI – 11-21-1964
“But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the 1st place amongst whom are the Muslims: these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, & together with us adore the one & merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind.”
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Nostra Aetate §3
Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions
Vatican 2
Promulgated by Pope Paul VI, 10-28-1965
The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself;merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men;they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet…Finally, they …worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting.”