No more Jews for Jesus? (News).WASHINGTON -- Citing growing respect for the Jewish tradition since the Second Vatican Council Noun 1. Second Vatican Council - the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms Vatican II Vatican Council - each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church , a group of Jewish and Catholic leaders have agreed that "campaigns that target Jews for conversion to Christianity Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person to some form of Christianity. The exact understanding of what it means to attain salvation varies somewhat among denominations. are no longer theologically acceptable in the Catholic Church." So says a document released in August by participants in a 20-year national dialogue sponsored by the National Council of Synagogues A list of synagogues around the world. Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
Cardinal William Keeler Keel´er n. 1. One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; - called also keelman ltname>. 2. A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc. , the U.S. bishops' moderator for Catholic-Jewish relations, initially called the joint reflection a "significant step forward" but later downplayed its significance by noting that it does not represent a formal position of the U.S. bishops. The document drew criticism from some Catholics as well as from a top Southern Baptist Noun 1. Southern Baptist - a member of the Southern Baptist Convention Southern Baptist Convention - an association of Southern Baptists Baptist - follower of Baptistic doctrines official, who told Catholic News Service that excluding Jews from the gospel was an "extreme form of anti-Semitism." |
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