No, merely someone who asserts the Church’s position, stated during the Crusades and before, has not changed regarding meat sacrificed to allah, and remains correct and valid.
I saw nothing in Vatican II that changed this at all.
Ah, “The Church.” Gotcha. I prefer to trust the clear teachings of Scripture over some legalistic, tradition-bound interpretation coming from Rome.
The truth is that we are free to enjoy meals with those who don’t share our faith in Jesus. Our consciences can be clean when we engage in redemptive relationship with those outside the faith. We can break bread with the “pagans,” an act that the Lord may use to draw them into faith in Christ.
Scripture is clear that the Christian is not to “seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. For ‘the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.’ If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.”
To you, TheThirdRuffian, I pointedly ask:
“Why should my liberty be determined by your conscience? If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?”
Of course, if you are a weaker brother, then it may be loving of me not to eat “meat sacrificed to idols” in your presence.
That said, I am thankful for the freedom I have in Christ. It is for freedom that Christ has set me free. No, I’m not embracing licentiousness, but Christ-honoring freedom.
Didn’t those who hated Jesus look down on Him for eating certain foods on certain days? Yup, they did. Don’t be like those men, TheThirdRuffian.