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To: CindyDawg
All religions should reach out to the Jews IMO but shouldn't we stand firm on what we believe unless there is strong scripture to indicate otherwise?

The Catholic Church has long affirmed that the Jews are a part of God's plan of salvation. This is just fleshing that out a bit. We don't believe and never have that God abrogated his covenant with the Jewish people. We just believe that it is a whole lot more difficult to acheive salvation under its terms.

I don't like the idea of simply "giving up" on converting individual Jews. Neither do I affirm that any or all Jews are "saved." I would still maintain that being inside the Church is the only way to know for sure one is saved.

But it is not an error to say that God has obviously maintained the Jewish people for some purpose. That it is obviously not His will that they cease to exist.

SD

553 posted on 01/17/2005 12:12:46 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
Neither do I affirm that any or all Jews are "saved."

and so all Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26)

:o)

I would still maintain that being inside the Church is the only way to know for sure one is saved.

I can't believe no one called you on this!

Of course, the Catholic church doesn't teach the doctrine of eternal security, so there is no way that a Catholic can "know for sure" that he is saved.

643 posted on 01/17/2005 5:07:22 PM PST by malakhi
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