...קֵהוּת לֵב אָחֲזָה בְּמִדַּת מָה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, עַד אֲשֶׁר יִכָּנֵס מְלוֹא הַגּוֹיִים. וְכָךְ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל יִוָּשַׁע... אָמְנָם בְּמַה שֶּׁנּוֹגֵעַ לַבְּשׂוֹרָה הֵם אוֹיְבִים בִּגְלַלְכֶם, אֲבָל בְּמַה שֶּׁנּוֹגֵעַ לַבְּחִירָה אֲהוּבִים הֵם בִּגְלַל הָאָבוֹת, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵין הָאֱלֹהִים מִתְחָרֵט עַל מַתְּנוֹתָיו וְעַל בְּחִירָתוֹ. (רומ' יא 25– 9)
מדור זה מציע מאמרים על היחס התיאולוגי בין ישראל והכנסייה, על הבנת הכנסייה את נאמנותו של אלוהים לבריתו, ועל תפקידו של ישראל במהלך התפתחות תוכנית הישועה.
According to Luke-Acts, Jerusalem possesses a unique status not only because "the kingdom of Christ" is "historically anchored" there, but even more because that kingdom will achieve its eschatological consummation within its walls.
God has tied His saving and redemptive concern for the welfare of all men to His love for the people of Israel. Only those who love the people of Israel can love the God of Israel. Israel is thus God's first-born, most precious in His eyes. -- Michael Wyschogrod (1928-2015)
The most repeated divine promise in the Hebrew Scriptures (the Old Testament) is God's gift of the Land of Canaan to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the people of Israel. Here is a compilation of these verses.
Read more: God's Promise of the Land to the People of Israel
האם הכנסייה היא "ישראל החדשה"? הברית החדשה משתמשת במילים "ישראל" ו"ישראלי" 77 פעמים. כמה מן המופעים הללו מתייחסים לכנסייה? וכמה פעמים מופיע במקרא הביטוי "ישראל החדשה" או "ישראל האמיתית"?
Many today are unaware of the tumultuous history of the Declaration Nostra Aetate and how it was initially intended to exclusively address the relationship of the Church with the Jewish people. This paper examines the origins and development of the Declaration on the Jews and how it eventually became the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions.
Since the inception of the Toward Jerusalem Council II initiative, the involvement of Catholics has been a stumbling block for many – both Evangelical Christians with no love for Rome and Messianic Jews who are very conscious of the sufferings of the Jewish people at the hands of the Catholic Church. Fr. Peter Hocken explains why it is essential for Catholics to be involved in TJCII.
Read more: Confronting Past Injustice: The Catholic Church and Toward Jerusalem Council II
The People of God of the flesh stand surety for the People of God in the spirit, not only as witnesses to scriptural promise but as the living root of the Church. As Christians see it, God taught the idea of a People of God through the Jews, and the Jews' continuing existence is both a perpetual reminder of that lesson and a guarantee that God keeps his promises.
The New Temple will be erected when Judaism and Catholicism will be united to proclaim the only Word of God and the only one Messiah, to sing the only Glory of God that shines in all works performed in both Judaism and Catholicism, in the great works of mercy and in the great works of judgment for the sins of men. So the Nations will know that the true living God is among His people, living in His Temple, which is the Church of Jesus Christ.
Faced with the "already here" of the Church, Israel is the witness of the "not yet". The Jewish people and the Christian people are thus in a situation of mutual imitation. Christians rejoice in the "already here", while the Jews remember the "not yet".
The history of relations between Christians and Jews represents a very complex history which alternates between proximity and distance, between fraternity and estrangement, between love and hate. On the one hand, Jesus cannot be understood without Judaism; on the other hand, the schism between synagogue and church forms the first split in the history of the church,
Read more: Theological Questions and Perspectives in Jewish-Catholic Dialogue
Ariel Ben Ami's and Mark Kinzer's reactions to my study regarding the different ways of understanding Israel have been important and I have appreciated the richness of their contents, albeit correcting some opinions I had expressed.
Read more: For a More Profound Knowledge of the Mystery of Israel, of the Church, of the World
