that's funny...a catholic wanting to read things in context.
I did read it in the context and that is what made me ask the question.
What I'm questioning is the belief that Jehovah and Allah are viewed as the same by catholics.
This next one is even more fun:
Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as “a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life.”
the good of Hinduism is a preparation for the Gospel??
“What I’m questioning is the belief that Jehovah and Allah are viewed as the same by catholics.”
Again, your inability to read and comprehend the simple language posted is both obvious and troubling.
Absent a few truly ignorant and illiterate trailer bound fundies, NO ONE who can read would misread the Catechism to suggest that “Jehovah and Allah are viewed as the same by catholics.”
That you do speaks volumes.
All goodness and truth wherever they are found, come from Him who is Goodness and Truth. Is that controversial?
Almost anyone who thinks hard about goodness and truth will consider what they are and how they come to be. Almost anyone who thinks about those things and who also thinks candidly about himself will have to acknowledge that he things goodness and truth are desirable and important, and that he is hardly ever good or true.
I think that's a wonderful preparation for the Gospel.