Conversion of the Jews
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USCCB: Bishops clarify 'ambiguities' in 2002 Catholic-Jewish document
The
USCCB committees on Doctrine and on Ecumenical and Interreligious
Affairs said the Catholic section of a 2002 document, "Reflections on
Covenant and Mission," written by participants in an ongoing dialogue
between the National Council of Synagogues and the USCCB interreligious
affairs committee, "contains some statements that are insufficiently
precise and potentially misleading."
"'Reflections on Covenant
and Mission' should not be taken as an authoritative presentation of
the teaching of the Catholic Church," the committees said in a note
issued in San Antonio during the bishops' June 17-19 spring meeting.
Of
special concern are the document's "description of the church's mission
and, in particular, what evangelization means with regard to the Jewish
people," the committees said.
By stating that the Jewish
people's "witness to the kingdom ... must not be curtailed by seeking
the conversion of the Jewish people to Christianity," the document
"could lead some to conclude mistakenly that Jews have an obligation
not to become Christian and that the church has a corresponding
obligation not to baptize Jews," they added.
The 2002 document
also calls interreligious dialogue a form of evangelization that is "a
mutually enriching sharing of gifts devoid of any intention whatsoever
to invite the dialogue partner to baptism."
"Though Christian
participation in interreligious dialogue would not normally include an
explicit invitation to baptism and entrance into the church, the
Christian dialogue partner is always giving witness to the following of
Christ, to which all are implicitly invited," the committees' note said.
LINK TO DOCUMENT: http://www.usccb.org/bishops/covenant09.pdf
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FROM THE MAILBAG: A Jewish businessman in Chicago sent his son to Israel for a year to absorb the culture. When the son returned, he said, "Papa, I had a great time in Israel. By the way, I converted to Christianity.""Oy vey," said the father. "What have I done?" He took his problem to his best friend.
"Ike," he said, "I sent my son to Israel, and he came home a Christian. What can I do?"
"Funny you should ask," said Ike. "I, too, sent my son to Israel, and he also came home a Christian. Perhaps we should go see the rabbi."
So they did, and they explained their problem to the rabbi.
"Funny you should ask," said the rabbi. "I, too, sent my son to Israel, and he also came home a Christian. What is happening to our young people?"
And so they all prayed, telling the Lord about their sons. As they finished their prayer, a voice came from the heavens: "Funny you should ask," said the voice... "I, too, sent my son to Israel....
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