Christians, Jews and the Sacred Scriptures.
by Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II, speaking to Jews, called them “our ‘beloved brothers’ in the faith of Abraham, our Patriarch”.
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“One can not be Christian and anti-Semitic at the same time,” Cardinal Koch affirms.
The “Nostra Aetate” should be “occasion to look to the future” because “the last 50 years the remaining open issues were not all resolved” and “very likely remain always open,” but “many rabbis believe that the time is ripe to deepen some theological issues. ” The statement comes from Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Read More
Did Jesus fail on the Cross?
In his book “God is near us”, the Pope Benedict XVI brilliantly answer the question “Did Jesus fail on the Cross?” “Did Jesus fail? Well, he certainly was not successful in the same sense as Caesar or Alexander the Great. From the worldly point of view, he did fail in the first instance: he died Read More
A Jewish perspective on ‘Nostra Aetate’ 50 years on
In October the Catholic Church will officially mark the 50th anniversary of a document that has profoundly changed its understanding of other religious faiths. On October 28th 1965 bishops from around the world, gathered in Rome for the Second Vatican Council, issued ‘Nostra Aetate’ a groundbreaking declaration on the relationship of the Church to non-Christian Read More