A common word between you and us
The open letter A common word between you and us was sent in October 2007 by Islamic scholars to the “ Leaders of Christian Churches everywhere” .
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The 29-page open letter from 138 Muslim scholars to the leaders of Christian churches was published on October 13, 2007 ( Feast of the Breaking of the Fast 1428 AH ) and calls for a dialogue about commonalities between religions. The title is taken from the Koran , where it says in sura 3 , 64: "O people of scripture, come to a word that is the same between us and you". The term “ people of the scriptures ” (people of the Bible ) traditionally denotes Jews and Christians in Islam. Since Islamic religious leaders and leaders from different directions and countries have come together for the first time , the initiative is considered a historic event .
One of the 27 addressees of the letter is the head of the Roman Catholic Church , the then Pope Benedict XVI. (see also Pope quote from Regensburg ), who accepted the offer for dialogue on November 19, 2007. The result was the establishment of the Catholic-Muslim Forum , which has met since 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017.
Addressees of the letter
- Pope Benedict XVI ,
- Bartholomäus I , Patriarch of Constantinople, New Rome ,
- Theodoros II , Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa ,
- Ignatius IV , Patriarch of Antioch and the entire East ,
- Theophilus III. , Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem ,
- Alexius II , Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia ,
- Paul , Patriarch of Belgrade and Serbia ,
- Daniel , Patriarch of Romania ,
- Maxim , Patriarch of Bulgaria ,
- Ilia II , Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi, Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia ,
- Chrysostom , Archbishop of Cyprus ,
- Christodoulos , Archbishop of Athens and All Greece ,
- Sawa , Metropolitan of Warsaw and all of Poland ,
- Anastasios , Archbishop of Tirana, Duerres and all of Albania ,
- Christforos , Metropolitan of the Czech and Slovak Republics ,
- Pope Schenuda III. , Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa of the Apostolic See of Saint Mark ,
- Karekin II , Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenia ,
- Ignatius Zakka I. Iwas , Patriarch of Antioch and the whole East, head of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church ,
- Mar Thoma Didymos I , Catholicos of the East in the Apostolic See of St. Thomas and Metropolitan of Malankara ,
- Abune Paulos , Fifth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Echege of the See of St. Takla Haymanot, Archbishop of Axum ,
- Mar Dinkha IV , Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East ,
- Rowan Williams , Archbishop of Canterbury ,
- Mark S. Hanson , President Bishop of the Lutheran World Federation , Senior Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- George H. Freeman , Secretary General of the World Methodist Council ,
- David Coffey , President of the World Baptist Federation ,
- Setri Nyomi , General Secretary of the World Reformed Federation ,
- Samuel Kobia , General Secretary of the World Council of Churches .
literature
- A Common Word Between Us and You ; ISBN 978-9957-428-56-3 (Online publication of the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought )
- Safaa M. Afifi El-Sheikh: Western Churches in the Image of Contemporary Egyptian and Arab Religious Scholars: A Contribution to the Open Letter to Pope Benedict XVI. (Doctorate from HU zu Berlin) Dissertation to obtain the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2012 ( Online ; PDF; 1.8 MB)
- The declaration of 138 - one signatory speaks (Dr. Murad Wilfried Hofmann ) - ev-akademie-boll.de
See also
Web links
- A common word between us and you (summarized short form) (PDF; 186 kB) - acommonword.com
- A word of compensation for the monotheistic religions? 138 Muslim religious scholars to the Christian churches ( Lutz Richter-Bernburg ) - online texts of the Evangelical Academy Bad Boll
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian W. Troll: "'Our souls are in danger'" , in: Die Zeit , No. 43 of October 18, 2007, p. 14.
- ^ Reply of the Pope to the letter from Muslim religious leaders, November 19, 2007, vatican.va