We miss you, Lucia!

I simply see no need to change the name of our God in our Catholic tradition to Allah. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with religions or denominations that use Allah in reference to God I just think because of this "possibly rogue" bishop that we as Catholics have far more pressing matters to deal with in evangelising than to make this change in our terminology. If anything it would hurt evangelising in our Church. An outsider, especially a Protestant thinking of joining our Church … [More]

Dear Kfarley,

My brother in Christ, you mention the word placate as if using the term Allah would be a sign of surrender. If we are to be consistent to our Faith, then why not use the terminology used by Holy Mother Church? We should use Deus for God. There is a difference between placating and outreach. You asked about the “reason” that we might use the name of Allah. We all as baptized Catholics belong in some way to the Great Commission set forth by Our King. “Go, therefore and make … [More]

It is good to debate but like you say the wisdom of mankind is foolishness to God. I think the most important thing to keep in mind is that God is in charge. I personally feel that when someone like this Bishop comes out and declares the want or need to change something in this manner it is suspect. In the scheme of events the bishop is a small player and really is not to be feared but scandal can result from someone taking it upon themselves in our Church to try and force change that is not … [More]

My brothers: What a very interesting discussion. You are very informative, Elisha.....I think, the correct way, to interpret this, is not in my field of expertise. As a matter of fact, I find it interesting, the different, uses of Allah. What I did recieve, and very much enjoyed, was brother Elisha's expertise, in not judging. I have been taught, great lessons, by the Lord.....and I find, the Lord, amazing, when it comes to his Mercy, and blessings. I have many times, thought, such and such, … [More]

I appreciate what you have said here but we must ask what would the motive be to "change" our reference to Allah from our current status? It would do nothing to help Christian/Islamic relations and in fact would aggravate them. The Islamic terrorist would be infuriated by a Christian or let me say-a new widespread "change" of usage in the Christian community in reference to God. The Islamic terrorist is the key here. We need not be concerned with how peace loving Muslims would react because the … [More]

Dear Kfarley, my brother in Christ,

While I appreciate you enthusiasm for the Faith, I have a few questions. Why do you give the appearance that you are so quick to judge? What do you say about the 20 million Christian- Arabs who use the name of Allah in not only their everyday lives when referring to God, but most importantly, in the Divine Liturgy? What about the Maronites? What is the etymology of Allah and how is it related to Aramaic and Hebrew?

In your comment my brother, you give the … [More]

That's about it! It is funny how this Bishop is so willing to change our faith to emulate a faith that detests Christianity! That is something I will give the Islamic terrorist-even though they are truly evil individuals one thing you won't see them doing is trying to emulate their enemy the Christian(Thank God)!-This bishop should think about this fact and take this lesson to heart.

Retired Bishop Martinus is an example of "the smoke of Satan entering the Church". His wanting Christians to use the term Allah for God is a pathetic attempt at appeasement directed towards radical Islam. The Bishop's naivete does not recognize that radical Islamists hate Christians and using the term Allah by a Christian would actually be seen as offensive to a Muslim radical. Since the Islamic religion has no central figure such as a Pope as our Catholic faith does, Islamists do not even … [More]