[adiaireton8]

Jews worship the one God who is three in person, even though they do not know that the one God they worship is three in Person. Noting the Athenians' altar "To an Unknown God", Paul says, "What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you". (Acts 17:23) This shows that it is possible to worship God while knowing very little about Him. The Jews, of course, knew much more about God than did the Athenians. A fortiori, they too were (and are) worshipping the one true God, even while remaining unaware that He is three in person. Marcion claimed that the God whom the Jews worshipped was a different God than the Father of Jesus. The Church declared Marcion's position a heresy. According to the Church, the God of the Old Testament and the Jews is the Creator of all things and is the Father of Jesus, and the Father whom Christians worship.

The Church also teaches (CCC 841) that the Muslims worship this same God, even though they too do not recognize that God is a trinity of Persons.

-A8

[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“Jews worship the one God who is three in person, even though they do not know that the one God they worship is three in Person.”

They do? Do they agree with that statement? No. Yet you are right. Then again, your statement would work equally well with Muslims. That’s the point.

“The Church also teaches (CCC 841) that the Muslims worship this same God, even though they too do not recognize that God is a trinity of Persons.”

No. 841 teaches that Muslims profess to worship the same God of Abraham we claim to worship. In reality they worship as they understand him. So do Jews. So do we.

I wrote WAY BACK IN POST #42: “For ANYONE to deny that Muslims CLAIM to worship the God of Abraham would be lunacy. Having said that, however, that does not mean that Muslims worship the God of Abraham with the correct understanding of who He is.”

Where on earth is this overly long thread going?