Christian and Muslim Faith in the Same God after the Second Vatican Council

Jozef Krupa

doi:10.18290/rt2023.17

Published : 2023-12-28

Vol. 70 No. 3 (2023)

Christian and Muslim Faith in the Same God after the Second Vatican Council

Jozef Krupa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2276-6010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rt2023.17

Abstract

This article engages in a discussion about whether Christians and Muslims believe in the same God. It first presents the opinions of the authors who take a negative view, then the opinions of those who take a positive view. It also gives one Muslim viewpoint on the subject. In the next part, based on the letter of Pope Gregory VII, the Second Vatican Council, the address of Paul VI, the address of John Paul II, the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together, the address by Pope Francis at an interreligious meeting in Ur, and concluded by the Prayer of the Children of Abraham, it claims that Christians and Muslims believe in the same God. The author does not address the issue of every religion believing in the same God differently. In objecting to the view of the common belief of both monotheistic religions in the same God with the fact that Muslims do not recognize the Most Holy Trinity, the author points out that even Jews do not believe in it and no one disputes that Jews and Christians believe in the same God.

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Christians, Muslims, God, Second Vatican Council, popes

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