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Why should one religion be right?

Church teaching

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In short: The Church sees goodness and truth in other religions as a preparation for the Gospel. Then she says who she thinks it all points to. CCC 843

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

The Church recognizes in other religions a search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near. CCC 843

She considers all goodness and truth in them “a preparation for the Gospel.” CCC 843

Our words

The Catholic claim isn’t that everyone else is all wrong. It’s that all those true longings find their answer in a Person: Jesus.

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How we know · 1 Catechism paragraph
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 843 (official text on vatican.va).

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