The following statement, produced by Christian participants at an “Emergency Conference on Anti-Semitism,” held in Seelisberg, Switzerland from July 30 – August 5, 1947. This conference also led to the formation of the International Council of Christians and Jews. Its statement was one of the first statements following World War II in which Christians, with…
VATICAN COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS RELATIONS WITH THE JEWS | 15.06.1985 COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS RELATIONS WITH THE JEWS Vatican City 1985 Notes on the Correct Way to Present the Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis of the Roman Catholic Church A Note on the Preparation of the Document: The document published here is the result of…
Letter from the Pope To My Venerable Brother Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy On numerous occasions during my Pontificate I have recalled with a sense of deep sorrow the sufferings of the Jewish people during the Second World War. The crime which has become known as the Shoah remains an indelible stain on the history…
CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF GERMAN CATHOLICS | 30.01.1996 Extracts from a statement by the Central Committee of German Catholics, published January 29, 1996 “A vocal interruption” (Ein Zwischenruf) “The new ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’ (CCC) may distinguish itself from its predecessors in content and form, in intention and by the people it addresses. But it too…
by the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews January 1975 The Declaration Nostra Aetate, issued by the Second Vatican Council on 28 October, 1965, “On the relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions” (n.4), marks an important milestone in the history of Jewish-Christian relations. Moreover, the step taken by the Council finds its…
“For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it as a home. Here shall I rest for evermore, here shall I make my home as I have wished.” (Psalm 132:13-14) This section seeks to elucidate the status of the earthly Jerusalem in the plan of divine redemption, according to the Holy Scriptures. For…
Preface In an article by journalist Jean Duhaime, reporting on the symposium held at the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Nostra Aetate Declaration, in 2005, he recounts that: At the beginning of his speech, Cardinal Kasper read out a letter from Pope Benedict XVI. (On the 40th anniversary of…
BS”D Introduction The New Covenant is one of the subjects on which Jews and Christians are divided. According to the Christian interpretation, the founding moment of the New Covenant is the Jewish Passover meal (known as the Last Supper), the moment when Jesus shares out the bread and wine and teaches the apostles that…
B”H Yoel Ben Arye Introduction The object of this study is to improve Jewish-Christian theological relations and to demystify certain aspects of these relations. To these ends, this article will discuss – from our hermeneutic viewpoint – Christ’s statement presented in the Gospel of John (14:6): “(…) No one can come…