The Catholic Church admitted that Freedom of Religion is a moral right of every human, and essential to human dignity. However, this gives no one the right to reject Christ on the grounds that they have the freedom to do so.
Dominus Iesus, the encyclical authored by the new Pope before he became Pope, emphasizes that Christ is the only true way.
The Church also defines Freedom as only the Freedom to Choose The Good.
Choosing evil is slavery.
In the eyes of the Church the only lasting Good is the Truth himself, Christ.
In other words, anyone who has heard of Christ and the Church is bound to choose it, no one has the right to adhere to a divinty thats been proclaimed false by the Church.
Any other god is Idolatry. What the Church meant, it seems, by Freedom of Religion is that no one should be forced into not sinning through Idolatry.
Please let me know what you think of my interpretation.
Dominus Iesus, the encyclical authored by the new Pope before he became Pope, emphasizes that Christ is the only true way.
The Church also defines Freedom as only the Freedom to Choose The Good.
Choosing evil is slavery.
In the eyes of the Church the only lasting Good is the Truth himself, Christ.
In other words, anyone who has heard of Christ and the Church is bound to choose it, no one has the right to adhere to a divinty thats been proclaimed false by the Church.
Any other god is Idolatry. What the Church meant, it seems, by Freedom of Religion is that no one should be forced into not sinning through Idolatry.
Please let me know what you think of my interpretation.