Pope and Muslims
Yesterday, during my training class, I read an article that said Pope Benedict XVI had a meeting with Muslim representatives to talk about their faiths. The Pope said that “our future” depends on good relations between Christians and Muslims.
I know that Catholics from Jimmy Akin’s blog (where I comment from time to time) read my blog, and I would like to know if anyone knows the justification behind P841 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first 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.
If any Catholics, more learned than I, can shed some light on this, I’d really appreciate it. Leave a comment or e-mail me. I know the Church teaches no salvation apart from Christ and the Church, so I’d be truly interested to know what this paragraph means in that light. Taken alone, it would seem that the Catholics believe that Muslims are saved.
Here’s the article:
B16 Tells Envoys of Respect for Islam
