re: The Vatican has built a Muslim prayer room inside its Apostolic Library

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It is, just you're all so divided that you get pissy with each other

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It isn’t. Baptists an Episcopalians couldn’t be further from each other.

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How many denomanations are there? Real unity you got there.

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Are you trying to make my arguement for me. THE Protestant church is not a thing.

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Catholic church maybe messy, but we are still together preaching God's truth. Y'all can figure out what type of music to play or if the rapture is real.

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Not trying to fight you on any issue other than there is no unity amongst various Protestants and thus no “Protestant church” as some monolith.

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It is, just you're all so divided that you get pissy with each other


It isn’t. Baptists an Episcopalians couldn’t be further from each other.


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How many denomanations are there? Real unity you got there.


Are you trying to make my arguement for me. THE Protestant church is not a thing.

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Catholic church maybe messy, but we are still together preaching God's truth. Y'all can figure out what type of music to play or if the rapture is real.


Not trying to fight you on any issue other than there is no unity amongst various Protestants and thus no “Protestant church” as some monolith.

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Refusing Rome is what puts someone under that label.

You are protestant.

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I think Orthodox people will be interested to learn they are Protestant. I am Christian, you are Catholic. That’s how you’d identify and it says all that’s needed.

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The Orthodox are not called protestants because they split from Rome in the Great Schism of 1054. That was 500 years before the protestant reformation started in 1500's.

protestant is alabel from the 1529 heretical protest in Germany, that is why my Orthodox brothers are not protestants.

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This view held across the whole church for the first thousand years until the East-West split in 1054. The full modern idea of the pope developed over time but the core belief in Peter's primacy and Rome's special role was widely accepted very early.. Then the protestants blew everything up and started their own faith.

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Luther didn't agree that sins could be forgiven if they gave the church money to pay for them.

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On October 31, 1517, German monk Martin Luther reportedly nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation. The document criticized the Roman Catholic Church's sale of indulgences and corruption, calling for academic debate on theology, papal authority, and repentance.

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But Jesus told Peter you are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church Matthew 16:18 right after Peter said he is the Christ. Jesus changed his name to Rock and gave him the keys.The church rests on Christ but Jesus built it on Peter as the visible rock.

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Jesus did not mean that Peter was the rock/cornerstone...he was referring to himself.

John the baptist was also given keys of the kingdom. Luke 3

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The Orthodox are not called protestants because they split from Rome in the Great Schism of 1054. That was 500 years before the protestant reformation started in 1500's.

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There is no "Protestant Church." You can keep pretending you don't get it, but you will be the only one looking foolish.

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There is no "Protestant Church." You can keep pretending you don't get it, but you will be the only one looking foolish.

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Google protestant churches... See what comes up....

It is a thing as much as you run away from it. As a former heretic I know, I used to be a proud heretic.

We had this exact thread on this exact subject one month ago.

This library is not open to the public. You need scholarly credentials to be authorized access. There are original Quran manuscripts in there.

This is just another Political Talk "We Hate Catholics" thread.

Here's what Grok says.

" Yes, the Vatican Apostolic Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) has provided a room for Muslim scholars to pray.
In October 2025, the library's Vice Prefect, Fr. Giacomo Cardinali, confirmed in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that some visiting Muslim academics requested a simple space with a carpet (prayer rug) for their daily prayers while conducting research on-site. The library accommodated the request by setting aside a room for that purpose.
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Not a public prayer room — It is a modest, designated space (described as “a room with a carpet”) reserved for Muslim scholars who are actively researching in the library. It is not open to general visitors, tourists, or the public as a dedicated Islamic worship area.
Reason for the request — The library holds one of the world's most important collections of ancient manuscripts, including very old copies of the Quran (and texts in Arabic, Hebrew, etc.). Muslim researchers frequently visit for academic work, just as scholars from other faiths or secular backgrounds do.
Framing by the Vatican — Cardinali described the library as a “universal library” and the gesture as basic hospitality to support an international academic community. The initiative came at the scholars' request, not as a top-down Vatican policy for interfaith symbolism.
Reactions — The story sparked debate online and in Catholic circles, with some viewing it as a courteous accommodation for researchers and others criticizing it as inappropriate in the heart of the Vatican. Fact-checks (e.g., from Catholic News Agency/EWTN) confirmed the existence of the space while emphasizing it is limited in scope and not a formal “mosque” or public facility.

In short: Yes, a prayer room (or more accurately, a carpeted room for prayer) exists in the Apostolic Library for visiting Muslim scholars. It is practical/academic in nature rather than a broad interfaith installation. No evidence suggests it has been expanded beyond that use as of the latest reports. "

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Yes, there are protestants churches. There is no "Protestant Church."

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Oh goodness, that is like what the definition of is, is.

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Oh goodness, that is like what the definition of is, is.

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Words matter.

So you find no issues with allowing evil to be brought into your holiest building? because that is what this is doing.

And stop it with the "it's just a hate on Catholics thread" who ing, because Catholics on this board aren't afraid to dish it out against Protestants.

If Catholics want to act like the highest level of Christianity then they can't lead in such horrible ways. Especially right now as the West is battling islam creeping in.