Small L
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« on: December 12, 2015, 04:09:56 PM » |
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People have been twisting the meaning of this document for a while now. If you're just reading the headlines, you're going to come away with a very confused notion of its authority and content.
Long story short, the document (called "The Gifts and Calling of God are irrevocable") is just a "reflection" and holds no binding power doctrinally or magisterially.
As for evangelizing to Jews, the relevant section of the document reads:
"The Church is therefore obliged to view evangelisation to Jews, who believe in the one God, in a different manner from that to people of other religions and world views. In concrete terms this means that the Catholic Church neither conducts nor supports any specific institutional mission work directed towards Jews. While there is a principled rejection of an institutional Jewish mission, Christians are nonetheless called to bear witness to their faith in Jesus Christ also to Jews, although they should do so in a humble and sensitive manner, acknowledging that Jews are bearers of God’s Word, and particularly in view of the great tragedy of the Shoah."
So yeah, "incredible news" indeed..
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