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Catholics reject evangelization of Jews
- Thread starter Dualhunter
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Daniel David
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The issue is about Jews not being evangelized by Catholics.
My question is: who cares?
Why are we concerned about lost people not wanted to witness to other lost people?
They are both in need of salvation.
By grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
My question is: who cares?
Why are we concerned about lost people not wanted to witness to other lost people?
They are both in need of salvation.
By grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
L
LaRae
Guest
PS104,
Really you are getting tiresome with the anti-Catholic comments.....in case you have forgotten the Prots were responsible for alot of atrocities against Catholics (and others) also.
Do we really need to keep bringing this up over and over....there is no point to it and it does nothing but to divide people further.
LaRae
Really you are getting tiresome with the anti-Catholic comments.....in case you have forgotten the Prots were responsible for alot of atrocities against Catholics (and others) also.
Do we really need to keep bringing this up over and over....there is no point to it and it does nothing but to divide people further.
LaRae
Dualhunter
New Member
Why are you unable to answer the question? Paul preached the Gospel as did Peter. The term gospel means good news, if it's so good, how come you are unable to tell us what it is?
Alot of Protestants are just as lost as most Catholics. The term protestant refers to an extremely broad group of people. Those committing attrocities generally don't sound like people who are new creatures in Christ. The difference between Catholics and Protestants who commit attrocities is that the Catholics today tend to claim that the Catholics who commited attrocities were Christians.
Whether they went to Heaven or Hell we don't know but the New Testament applies the word Christian even to those who walk on a shaky ground with Christ - you can't take that away - unless you know their heart.
I would also like to say they couldn't be Christian if they commit atrocities but I don't want to be the one to judge.
[ August 22, 2002, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: Astralis ]
I would also like to say they couldn't be Christian if they commit atrocities but I don't want to be the one to judge.
[ August 22, 2002, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: Astralis ]
Just in case anyone is interested here is a clarification of the story reported in the Boston Globe. I don't know about the rest of you but I am very leary of anything reported by the secular press and other media. The daily pressure of meeting a deadline reeks havoc with truth. Investigative reporting is history these days. We go for the glitz. Catholic bashing has always been politically correct. Here is the story:
BALTIMORE, Aug 20, 02 (CWNews.com) -- Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore has issued a statement of clarification regarding a document released last week on Catholic-Jewish relations. The cardinal's statement emphasized that the document, released by a joint committee of Catholics and Jews, was a working document rather than an authoritative statement of belief.
The August 12 statement, entitled Reflections on Covenant and Mission, said that "campaigns that target Jews for conversion to Christianity are no longer theologically acceptable in the Catholic Church." The document, put forward by a working committee sponsored by the US bishops' conference and the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, provoked a very sharp reaction from many Catholics, who argued that it clashed directly with previous statements of defined Church doctrine.
Cardinal Keeler, who co-chaired the committee that produced the document, remarked that the statement "does not represent a formal position taken by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops or the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs. The purpose of publicly issuing the considerations which it contains is to encourage serious reflection on these matters by Jews and Catholics in the US."
The cardinal's statement continued: "These considerations provide a basis for discussing both the similarities and the significant differences between the Christian and Jewish understandings of the call given by the one God to both peoples."
In actuality the statement was issued by a small committe comprised of Bishops and Jews and not the entire US conference of Bishops.
BALTIMORE, Aug 20, 02 (CWNews.com) -- Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore has issued a statement of clarification regarding a document released last week on Catholic-Jewish relations. The cardinal's statement emphasized that the document, released by a joint committee of Catholics and Jews, was a working document rather than an authoritative statement of belief.
The August 12 statement, entitled Reflections on Covenant and Mission, said that "campaigns that target Jews for conversion to Christianity are no longer theologically acceptable in the Catholic Church." The document, put forward by a working committee sponsored by the US bishops' conference and the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, provoked a very sharp reaction from many Catholics, who argued that it clashed directly with previous statements of defined Church doctrine.
Cardinal Keeler, who co-chaired the committee that produced the document, remarked that the statement "does not represent a formal position taken by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops or the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs. The purpose of publicly issuing the considerations which it contains is to encourage serious reflection on these matters by Jews and Catholics in the US."
The cardinal's statement continued: "These considerations provide a basis for discussing both the similarities and the significant differences between the Christian and Jewish understandings of the call given by the one God to both peoples."
In actuality the statement was issued by a small committe comprised of Bishops and Jews and not the entire US conference of Bishops.
Dualhunter
New Member
Who cares what the Boston Globe says, the letter is on the USCCB site as well. They can claim that it isn't formal all they want, it still shows that they don't know what the Gospel is.