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.

• Israel
• Bible

Leggi tutto: God's Promise of the Land to the People of Israel

The words "Israel" and "Israelite" occur 77 times in the New Testament. Is "Israel" ever used as a synonym for the Church? How many times does the NT use the expression "new Israel" or "true Israel" to refer to the Church?

Leggi tutto: Israel in the New Testament

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.

• Jewish-Christian Relations
• Church
• Catholicism

Leggi tutto: The Origins and Development of Nostra Aetate

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.

• Israel
• Jewish-Christian Relations
• Church
• Supersessionism
• Catholicism
• Messianic Judaism

Leggi tutto: 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.

• Israel
• Jewish-Christian Relations
• Zionism

Leggi tutto: Zionism for Christians

Il nuovo Tempio sarà eretto, quando il Giudaismo e il Cattolicesimo saranno uniti per annunziare l’unica Parola di Dio e l’unico Messia, per cantare l’unica Gloria di Dio, che risplende in tutte le opere compiute nel Giudaismo e nel Cattolicesimo sia le sue grandi opere di Misericordia sia le sue grandi opere di Giudizio a causa dei peccati degli uomini.

• Judaism
• Israel
• Jewish-Christian Relations
• Prophecy
• Catholicism

Leggi tutto: Il Kairos di Dio negli ultimi tempi

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".

• Israel
• Jewish-Christian Relations
• Supersessionism

Leggi tutto: Salvation is from the Jews

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,

• Israel
• Jewish-Christian Relations

Leggi tutto: Theological Questions and Perspectives in Jewish-Catholic Dialogue

Le risposte che ho ricevuto da Ariel Ben Ami e da Mark Kinzer sul mio studio circa i differenti modi di intendere Israele, sono state importanti e da me molto apprezzate per la ricchezza dei contenuti, anche se correttivi di alcuni miei giudizi.

• Judaism
• Israel
• Jewish-Christian Relations
• Messianic Judaism

Leggi tutto: Per una più profonda conoscenza del mistero d’israele, della chiesa, del mondo

In questo articolo esamino tre questioni: primo, la questione "chi è Israele?" - usando come punto di riferimento i cinque modi di intendere il termine "Israele" di P. Colonna. Secondo, discuto l'idea della benedizione di Dio che viene "da" Israele e quella intesa "per" Israele. Terzo, cerco di chiarire la nostra identità e missione come Cattolici per Israele alla luce dei cinque modi di intendere Israele di P. Carlo.

• Judaism
• Israel
• Messianic Judaism

Leggi tutto: Israele tra Passato, Presente e Futuro