第3節、亞西西事件(Assisi I & II)
一、各種宗教在亞西西集會的照片(The
Inter-Religious Meetings of Assisi 1986 and 2002)
1、1986 年10月26日,達賴喇嘛的門徒在公教祭台上崇拜菩薩雕像(The Disciples of the Dalai Lama worship a statue of Buddha on the Catholic Altar)
2、2002 年1月25日,沒有神聖彌撒的基督徒的祈禱(Prayer of the Christian Religions,but no Holy Mass!)
(Some details of the Ceremony of January 25,2002 )
1) Participants
Christian Religions (see below in the Christian celebration)
Non- Christian Religions
JUDAISM 10 Delegates? — BUDDHISM 30 delegates
TENRIKYO? 4 Delegates — SHINTOISM? 7 Delegates
ISLAM?? 30 Delegates — JAINISM? 1 Delegate
SIKHISM? 6 Delegates — HINDUISM? 5 Delegates
ZOROASTRIANISM? 2 Delegates
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIONS (including VooDoo) 3 Delegates
2) Places set aside for prayer
Lower Basilica: Christians
Sacred Convent:
Room A Islam — Room B Buddhism —Room C Sikhism
Room D African Traditional Religions —Room E Hinduism
Room F Tenrikyo — Room G Shintoism -Room H Judaism
Room I Zoroastrianism, Janinism and Confucianism
3 ) Order of the Celebration for the Christian Religions
1。 Entrance and enthronement of the Book of the Gospels
2。 Trinitarian invocation and praise
- The Holy Father introduces the celebration.
- There follows an invocation to the Trinity by the Representatives of the Churches and Ecclesial Communities:
- Representative of the Church of Scotland (English)
- Representative of the Quakers (German)
- Representative of the World Baptist Alliance (English)
- The Holy Father recites a prayer.
II。 Readings and Invocations
The biblical readings will be proclaimed by:
- Representative of the Patriarchate of Moscow (Russian)
- Representative of the Orthodox Church of Albania (Greek)
- Representative of the Siro-Malankara Orthodox Church (Syriac)
The invocations will be recited by:
- Representative of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Representative of the Apostolic Armenian Church (Armenian)
- Representative of the Orthodox Church of Bulgaria (Bulgarian)
- Representative of the Orthodox Church of Poland (Polish)
- Representative of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
- Representative of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (English)
- Representative of the World Methodist Council (English)
- Representative of the Pentecostals (English)
- Representative of the Disciples of Christ (English)
The prayer for peace will be recited by:
- The Ecumenical Patriarch (Greek)
- The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and of All the East (Arabic)
- The Assyrian Catholicos Patriarch of the East (Assyrian)
III。 Blessing and Dismissal
The moment of prayer concludes with the Aaronic Blessing.
Three Representatives recite the three invocations:
- Representative of the Romanian Orthodox Church (Romanian)
- Representative of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (Syrian)
- Representative of the Catholicosate of Cilicia (English)
The Holy Father reads the concluding text.