 Okay, here he is, white hat. Salaamu Alaikum guys, traditional Catholics and Protestants are currently quite upset about an incident that occurred in a church in America. Both Christians and Muslims have entered into the discussion regarding the legitimacy of this action. It's evident that some Catholics were generally surprised by the decision of an archbishop stay meth to offer the holy communion to a well-known Islamic shake during a Catholic mass. The Catholic world is shocked as am I that an archbishop of the Catholic Church would knowingly give the Holy Eucharist the body of Jesus Christ to a Muslim shake. This just happened. The videos are all over Twitter, all over the internet. And what's really disappointing in this is that the archbishop in Brazil doubled down and defended it. He even cited Vatican II to defend this situation. Let's take a look at the video of the shake and the archbishop. Here it is. Well, this is Telo Marshall. He is a traditional Catholic apologist who uses his platform to highlight errors and sacrilegies he believes are being committed by contemporary custodians of the Catholic faith, particularly bishops and priests in the Western Church, especially America. I typically don't engage with individuals like him, but in several of his videos he has used examples from Islam and obedience of Muslims to the revelation of Allah to set a precedent for his Christian audience. In this particular video, his criticism was not directed at Islam itself, but rather aimed at other bishops who offered Holy Communion to a Muslim, knowing that their individual was an active Muslim at the time of receiving it. Telo Marshall expressed his viewpoint from the perspective of his Christian faith, where only those who are baptized and believe in Jesus as God are typically allowed to participate in what is known as the Holy Communion. It's worth noting that he did nothing to insult Islam in this context, so that's why I am looking into this video. Stand by. This was a funeral mass. There were well-known dignitaries there, including the Muslim shake, and he comes up to the, he's known to be, it's not like a random Muslim walked off the street. Okay, here he is, white hat. Put his hand out, thank you, kind of does a fake commute. What do I do with this? All right, let's watch that again. Okay, the Archbishop knows that a Muslim shake is there, gives the body of Christ to an unbaptized man. He rolls out. What do y'all think of this? While this individual is focused on criticizing the Archbishop for offering what he refers as Holy Communion to a Muslim shake, I would like to use this platform to provide some education about his misconceptions regarding both Islam and Christianity in general. If he's willing to listen, I would like to inform him that a Muslim who possesses the belief in the oneness of God and recognizes Muhammad as the last messenger is following a different faith from someone who believes that a mere man became God and can be consumed as a meal in a ceremony called the Eucharist. The Archbishop doubled down and cited Vatican II. All right, as if this is going to make it better. Here is what the Archbishop cited. It's Vatican II, it's Nostre Atate, and I've talked about it quite a bit here on the channel, but this is the section of Vatican II, Nostre Atate, on the Mohammedans, the worshipers of Allah and the followers of the Prophet Muhammad. It reads, this is Vatican II. All right, the church regards with esteem also the Muslims. They adore the one God living and subsisting in himself, merciful and all powerful, the creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men. They take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even his inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere him as a prophet. They also honor Mary, his virgin mother. At times they even call on her with devotion. In addition, they await the day of judgment when God will render their desserts to all those who have been raised up from the dead. Finally, they value the moral life in worship God, especially through prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. Since in the course of centuries, not a few quarrels and hostilities have risen between Christians and Muslims, the Crusades. This sacred Synod urges all to forget the past and to work sincerely for mutual understanding and to preserve as well as to promote together for the benefit of all mankind, social justice, and moral welfare, as well as peace and freedom and quote Nostraetate Vatican duo. Let's go up to the top here. Okay, so the Archbishop is saying, look, it's kind of okay that he was there at mass and that he received communion in his hand, et cetera, because, you know, Muslims, they're basically, you know, they're kind of like Catholics, you know, faith of Abraham, et cetera. But look at the doc, their church regards with esteem also Muslims. Is that true? I mean, do we hold heresy in esteem ever before 1960? We're like, you know what? We esteem those heretics. Read the epistles of St. John, 1st John, 2nd John, 3rd John. He says, don't even Greek the heretics. They adore the one God living and subsisting in himself. But we also know that God is living and subsisting as the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That is the reality. St. John, the apostle says, if you deny that Jesus is the Son of God, you deny the Father. Jesus Christ says, no one comes to the Father except through me. No one comes to the Father except through me. And Jesus is the Son of God. If you deny that reality, you cannot come to the Father. You can aim, I've used the analogy before, you have a bow and arrow, you can aim the bow with the arrow in that direction. But Islam is a broken bow and a broken arrow. It is not going to fly and hit the target. What is the target? Worship of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. That's the reality. Machel, I have a unique perspective to share. I was once a Catholic seminary and started to become a priest of the FSSP. I understand the argument you are making regarding the Catholic faith. Yet what I want you to consider is that there are differing perspectives within both modern and traditional Catholicism and Christianity, to say the least. And not all beliefs are universally accepted as truth. Well, the Imam doesn't need to consume the host because apparently he doesn't require it for his salvation if he generally lives according to the truth and in the spirits of Allah's words. No one can go to the Father except through Jesus Christ. I've always been confused by this passage in No Straitati. Since when does the church begin to define the dogmas and the doctrines of other world religions and heresies? Is that really the role of the Catholic Church? The role of the Catholic Church is to preserve, protect, and transmit the gospel of Jesus Christ and every single dogma, doctrine, and moral teaching given to us by Jesus Christ through scripture and tradition. Since when is the Catholic Church defining, clarifying, and decreeing what other religions believe in saying we esteem that? Marshall, you may not agree with this, but it is important to note that Jesus is not considered God in Islam. In Islam, Allah is God and he has no partners, no human being, not even Jesus, can be compared to him. The small round wafer you consume in the Church is not Jesus, may peace be upon him. Jesus is viewed as a righteous man who finds favor with God. Assigning godly character as Jesus is seen as a serious deviation that leads to internal domination. With that being said and assuming you share my perspective on this matter, I would like to extend an invitation to you to explore the one through faith of Jesus, Muhammad, and other great prophets of God. In Islam, the concept of associating a human with divinity is rejected and the guidance of the Holy Quran provides the light that dispels such misconception. I encourage you to rip this book and if you are interested, I am willing to send you a personal site copy to any address in the United States. Thank you for considering my message. Please guys, help spread this message until your tele-mashal sees it. If possible, tag him in the comments section on YouTube or go to his YouTube channel and do so. Like the post so that it gets to a wider audience. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, assalamualaikum.