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German Bishop Says Catholics Who Reject Other Religions Have ‘Right-Wing Extremist Tendencies’
LifeSite News ^ | 10/20/22 | Andreas Wailzer

Posted on 11/03/2022 5:57:29 PM PDT by marshmallow

Schick’s accusation of right-wing extremism towards faithful Catholics follows similar smears against the Berlin March for Life participants.

(LifeSiteNews) — German Archbishop Ludwig Schick has stated that rejecting other religions as a Catholic is a sign of “right-wing extremist tendencies” and that he sees these tendencies among “certain pro-life activists.”

Schick, who is the archbishop for the diocese of Bamberg, talked about the danger of “right-wing ideas” among members of the Church in an interview with domradio.de.

“Whoever is a Christian must stand up for freedom, for unity, for worldwide solidarity and worldwide charity, otherwise he does not deserve the name Christian,” Schick stated while condemning “right-wing ideas.”

“For example, I see right-wing extremist tendencies among certain pro-life activists,” Schick said. “When it comes to interreligious dialogue, there too are right-wing extremist tendencies that fundamentally reject other religions because they insist solely on their perceived Catholic position.”

Schick said that Catholics who hold to the teaching that the Catholic faith is the one true religion have “right-wing extremist tendencies,” which he clearly meant in a derogative way.

The German prelate appears to be at odds with Catholic teaching, as the Catholic Church has always held that it is the one true Church that Jesus Christ founded and that the Catholic faith is therefore the one true religion.

In his “Syllabus of Errors,” Bl. Pope Pius IX explicitly condemned the view that the Catholic Church could not proclaim itself to be the only true religion (cf. Syllabus of Errors 21).

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1 posted on 11/03/2022 5:57:29 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Your terms are acceptable.


2 posted on 11/03/2022 5:59:42 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: marshmallow

There seems to be a general tendency to paint everyone who doesn’t bow down to the left wing agenda as “extremists”. I wonder what the devil the devil is up to.


3 posted on 11/03/2022 6:00:44 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: marshmallow
rejecting other religions

"A" and "Not-A" cannot both be simultaneously true. If one believes in religious faith "A", one must therefore reject all other religious faiths to the extent that they contradict "A".

That's just logic, which I was required to learn as part of my Catholic education.

4 posted on 11/03/2022 6:03:44 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

The devil is trying to drag as many human souls down to hell as he possibly can. Yours included. What he’s up to here is spreading confusion, with the intent to destroy real saving faith in Jesus Christ.


5 posted on 11/03/2022 6:05:17 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: marshmallow

This “Catholic” needs to get kicked out for drinking too much of that globalist Kool-aid.


6 posted on 11/03/2022 6:08:08 PM PDT by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
"I wonder what the devil the devil is up to."

Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.

Revelation 12-12

7 posted on 11/03/2022 6:08:21 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Baruch Ha Ba Ba Shem Adonai!)
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To: marshmallow

Says the Left-wing extremist.


8 posted on 11/03/2022 6:10:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: marshmallow

“And if you’re not a pro-islam, open-borders marxist, you’re going to HELL!”
I love how tolerant the left is, particularly ones parading as Christian or Catholic.


9 posted on 11/03/2022 6:11:19 PM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: NorthMountain

Rejecting is not the same as a disagreement about theology.

If for instance a Christian has theological disagreement with, say, a Jew that doesn’t mean you reject the person.

It means you have a disagreement about theology, it’s not hatred of the person nor is it “right wing extremism”.

This bishop has taken “tolerance” to an extreme.


10 posted on 11/03/2022 6:16:16 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: marshmallow

“Whoever is a Christian must stand up for freedom, for unity, for worldwide solidarity and worldwide charity, otherwise he does not deserve the name Christian,” Schick stated

It’s like Paul himself is speaking to us. /S/


11 posted on 11/03/2022 6:18:33 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: packagingguy
Quote from the article:

German Archbishop Ludwig Schick has stated that rejecting other religions ...

The issue here is not "rejecting other persons".

Your point about not rejecting "persons" is reasonable, but not relevant to the current discussion.

12 posted on 11/03/2022 6:26:38 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain
"one must therefore reject all other religious faiths"

That's logic, not extremism.
If you have a religion, it is because you believe it is true, unless you're just using the name to infiltrate. Which means you must reject all others.

"There is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.
13 posted on 11/03/2022 6:33:23 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: marshmallow

Wait! I thought the Church claimed to be the one true religion. We were taught that no other religion was equal. Is this guy in schism from the Church?


14 posted on 11/03/2022 6:54:52 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: marshmallow

Next thing you know there will be kooks saying things like “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.”


15 posted on 11/03/2022 7:12:30 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Soon the January 6 protesters will be held (without trial or bail) longer than Jefferson Davis was.)
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To: marshmallow

What about those atheists and those from other religions who hate Christianity?


16 posted on 11/03/2022 7:33:12 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: marshmallow

Yes I am extremist Catholic and this Bishop can Get Out now. Go join the Episcopalians. They embrace all that gay rainbow homo stuff. Not Cathoiics.


17 posted on 11/03/2022 7:44:30 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: marshmallow

Well, this is easy. There is only one ticket that gets a person into heaven and it has the name of the organization created by the Lord. In other news, happy people with a morals are seen as “extremists” to unhappy and unethical people, just as generous people look stingy compared to extravagant people.


18 posted on 11/03/2022 9:07:50 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: FlyingEagle

He needs to REPENT!


19 posted on 11/04/2022 12:00:39 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: marshmallow

God condemns idolatry more than any other sin is scripture.


20 posted on 11/04/2022 6:37:34 AM PDT by circlecity
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