Bellarmine on the Jews & Muslims
St. Robert Bellarmine wrote this about Jews and Muslims in his exposition of Jeremiah’s prophecy in 31:33-34:
But if someone contends that these last words too are to be understood of the present time, one can reply that here the Prophet is not speaking of the hidden mysteries of the Scriptures but of knowledge of the one God.
For since in the time of the Old Testament not only did the Gentiles adore false gods but also very frequently the people of God turned to idols and strange gods, Jeremiah predicted the future, that in the time of the New Testament all men would know the one God, which we certainly see now to have been fulfilled.
For the Gentiles have been converted to the faith, and also the Jews themselves and the Turks, although they are impious, yet worship the one God.
(“On the Word of God”, Book 3, Chapter 10)
The citation I use here is taken from The translation that follows is of the first controversy in the first volume of St. Robert Bellarmine’s famous Disputations about Controversies of the Christian Faith against the Heretics of this Age, first published at Ingolstadt in 1581-1593 and republished several times thereafter, p. 165. This has been translated by Peter L.P. Simpson, June, 2013.
The Latin text can be accessed here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Disputationum_Roberti_Bellarmini_De_cont/vqJaa8h_teQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bellarmini+contro+versiae&pg=PP22&printsec=frontcover.
Further Reading
Pope Gregory VII, Muslims & God
VATICAN II, THE CATECHISM & WORLD RELIGIONS
POPE PIUS X, INFIDELS & SALVATION
Staples, Pope John Paul & Islam
Catholic Encyclopedia, Jews & Muslims
Catholic Encyclopedia, Muhammad & Islam
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