«Da Sion uscirà la legge, e da Gerusalemme la parola del Signore.» (Is 2,3)
Questa sezione presenta la vita, la liturgia, la storia e le tradizioni delle diverse comunità cristiane nella Terra d’Israele. Mette in luce la loro teologia, le loro sfide e la loro testimonianza continua nel luogo stesso in cui il Vangelo ha messo radici.
Nell’inquieta Terra Santa, divisa e lacerata dai conflitti, i capi della Chiesa locali e i cristiani di tutte le confessioni spesso sostengono di pronunciare un infaticabile messaggio di giustizia, di riconciliazione e di pace. Se solo più persone ascoltassero questo messaggio – affermano – si arriverebbe ad un miglioramento drastico delle prospettive di pace tra le parti in conflitto della regione. Ma questo è vero?
While most Evangelical Protestants are generally friendly to the Jewish people and the State of Israel, there is a small band of Evangelical pastors and professors who want to line up all Evangelicals unilaterally on the Palestinian side. The most egregious example may be Anglican vicar Stephen Sizer, whose has chummed up with the likes of Naturei Karta and Iranian President Ahmadinejad. But Gary Burge probably wields the greater influence.
Paddy Monaghan responds to the recent Jerusalem Patriarchs’ denunciation of Christian Zionism. Drawing on decades of Catholic renewal and the witness of evangelical Catholic leaders worldwide, Monaghan argues that biblical Zionism is not a political distortion but a faithful expression of historic Christian teaching on God’s enduring covenant with Israel.
Leggi tutto: Jerusalem Patriarchs Don’t Represent All Christians
On the one hand, there is the Christian message of unconditional love and its emphasis on self-sacrifice at the hands of those who hate you unjustly: "No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends." On the other hand, there is the logic of war: you want to liquidate those who hate you to the point of murdering your nation by all possible means, preferably the most horrific ones. What I identify as problematic is the conflation of these two logics - a confusion that I have a hard time not considering to be deliberate.
A “bird’s eye view” of the Latin Catholic Church in the Holy Land, including the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.
Molti studi eccelsi sono stati svolti sulla storia del cristianesimo nel paese dei suoi natali, tali da poter riempire un'intera libreria. Negli ultimi anni, tuttavia, tutto questo lavoro è stato oscurato dal mito, creato dalla cosiddetta "narrativa palestinese", del cristianesimo palestinese.
The Orthodox churches count among them some of the oldest churches in Christianity. Because they almost all originated in the east they are usually known as the "eastern" churches.
The self-styled “Kairos Palestine” document was launched in Bethlehem on December 11, 2009 by a panel chaired by the former Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah. The document is meant to mobilize churches worldwide in a program of boycotts, divestment and delegitimization directed at the State of Israel.
Leggi tutto: The Palestinian Kairos Document: A Behind-the-Scenes Analysis
