Unit 2: Dialogue with Religion Flashcards
“Today due to frequent and extensive migrations from East
to West, a growing number of non-Christians are settling in
the Christianized West, especially in urban centers, where
temples, pagodas, and mosques dot the landscape cheek by
jowl with churches and synagogues.”
ASIA/PHILIPPINES:
CRADLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AND PROCLAMATION
(1) Interreligious dialogue and
(2) Proclamation, though not on the same level, are
both authentic elements of the Church’s
evangelizing mission.
“In today’s word, the ________________ are in our midst, studying, living and working
among us and with us.”
religious others
is “a philosophical
perspective on the world that emphasizes
diversity rather than homogeneity, multiplicity
rather than unity, difference rather than
sameness.”
Religious pluralism
“Itis not diversity as the highest good but _______of religious pluralism or correlational
theology of religion or a theology of mutuality.”
dialogue
“The complexity of reality in its plural condition calls for and
requires discernment. It requires a ‘new ________’, which is
now an awakening from the dogmatic religious dream, and a
‘new ________’ of religious stamp, based on otherness
and plurality, instead of on subjectivity and an identity with
claims to universality and absolute uniqueness.”
awakening, enlightenmen
He admired the faith of the
centurion (Mt 8:10) and
commended the faith of a
Canaanite woman (Mt. 15: 28).
A Samaritan returned and gave
thanks from the ten lepers who
were healed (Lk. 17:11-19). The
Acts of the Apostle tells us the
story of the followers of The Way.
The Good Samaritan’s act differs
from that of the priest and the
levite (Lk. 10:29-37).
The Apostles are to witness for
Christ from Jerusalem, Samaria until they the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).
Scriptures and Church teachings
The _________ rejects nothing which is true and holy in
these religions.
She looks with sincere respect upon those ways of conduct and
of life, those rules and teaching which, though differing in
many particulars from what she holds and sets forth,
nevertheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens
all men.
Catholic Church
To promote the glory of God and procure the salvation of all of
these, the Church, mindful of the command of the Lord: “Preach the Gospel to every creature,” fosters the missions with care and attention.
Vatican Il, Lumen Gentium, no. 16.
THE DECREE AD GENTES HAS THIS TO SAY ON PLURALISM OF RELIGIONS:
In order that they may be able to bear more fruitful witness to Christ:
- Let them be joined to those men by esteem and love;
- Let them acknowledge themselves to be members of the group of
men among whom they live; - Let them share in cultural and social life by the various undertakings
and enterprises of human living; - Let them be familiar with their national and religious traditions;
- Let them gladly and reverently lay bare the seeds of the Word which
lie hidden among their fellows.
The Church Document Dialogue and Proclamation no. 42
mentions the forms of dialogue:
Dialogue of life
Diaogue of action
Diaogue of theological exchange
Diaogue of religious experience