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In Our Age: A Hopeful Omen for Catholic-Jewish Accord |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Gayle Stockland Fixler |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 1,101 Words, 7,023 Characters |
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The Vatican Council II's Declaration on the Jews, Nostra Aetate (In Our Age), has been called a landmark in Catholic-Jewish relations, transcending 19 centuries of Catholic misunderstanding of the Jewish people, theological confrontations, and Jewish alienation.
The 1965 document, which devoted its fourth paragraph, a mere 15 Latin sentences, to the relationship of the Church to Judaism, was a pioneering text authored by and written for Catholics.
In commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the promulgation of this declaration, a global assembly of both Catholic and Jewish leaders gathered at the Vatican October 28-30, 1985, to examine the current status of Catholic-Jewish relations world-wide.
The historic meeting was a continuation of dialogue prompted by Nostra Ae...
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... to erase all vestiges of anti-Semitism which have been nurtured throughout the centuries; and to attain a mutual and respectful acceptance of two related but distinct t religions.
The process will continue to be painstakingly slow - a time of spiritual growth and soul-searching. But we can hardly expect that a dialogue, 1,900 years overdue will rapidly change entrenched doctrines. vbcrlf
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