{"id":18724,"date":"2020-10-30T13:33:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agilesites.co.uk\/cer\/news\/on-the-fiftieth-anniversary-of-nostra-aetate-the-jewish-community-redefines-catholic-jewish-relations\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:33:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:33:55","slug":"on-the-fiftieth-anniversary-of-nostra-aetate-the-jewish-community-redefines-catholic-jewish-relations","status":"publish","type":"cer_news","link":"https:\/\/rabbiscer.org\/ru\/news\/on-the-fiftieth-anniversary-of-nostra-aetate-the-jewish-community-redefines-catholic-jewish-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"On the fiftieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate the Jewish Community redefines Catholic Jewish Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On the fiftieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate\u00a0the Jewish Community redefines Catholic Jewish Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Thursday 31st August \u2013 Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), has led a delegation to Pope Francis to present a Jewish perspective on Catholic Jewish Relations on the fiftieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate. The document, entitled \u2018From<\/em> Jerusalem to Rome\u2019 <\/em>sets out an approach for the two faiths to work together on issues such as Islamic Extremism and commits to deepening the dialogue and Partnership with the Catholic Church in the future.<\/p>\n\n

Nostra Aetate was published fifty years ago to begin a process where the Catholic Church moved its doctrine away from any hostility toward Jews, enabling trust and confidence to grow between Judaism and Christianity.<\/p>\n\n

The new document drafted by the CER, together with The Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Rabbinical Council of America, \u201ccalls upon the Church to join us (the Rabbinate) in deepening our combat against our generation’s new barbarism, namely the radical offshoots of Islam, which endanger our global society and does not spare the very numerous moderate Muslims It threatens world peace in general and the Christian and Jewish communities in particular. We call on all people of good will to join forces to fight this evil.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

The Rabbis go on to say \u201cWe ordinarily refrain from expressing expectations regarding other faith communities’ doctrines. However, certain kinds of doctrines cause real suffering; those Christian doctrines, rituals and teachings that express negative attitudes toward Jews and Judaism do inspire and nurture anti-Semitism. Therefore, to extend the amicable relations and common causes cultivated between Catholics and Jews as a result of Nostra Aetate, we call upon all Christian denominations that have not yet done so to follow the example of the Catholic Church and excise anti-Semitism from their liturgy and doctrines, to end the active mission to Jews, and to work towards a better world hand-in-hand with us, the Jewish people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Looking forward, the document commits to \u201cdeepen our dialogue and partnership with the Church in order to foster our mutual understanding\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Following the presentation of From Jerusalem to Rome <\/em>to Pope Francis, Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt said: <\/strong>\u201cThis is an historic moment for relations between our two faiths, Nostra Aetate set the tone for the last 50 years and we hope that From Jerusalem to Rome <\/em>will set a similar precedent going forward. The time when our two faiths were at war is over! There are many issues we can work together on and I hope that we will be able to use this as a catalyst for greater collaboration going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n