[PetroniusMaximus]

Not defending the Presbyterians here...

... but why do you think in took the Vatican till 1993 (almost 50 years after its founding) to even recognize the State of Israel???

[Diego1618]

but why do you think in took the Vatican till 1993 (almost 50 years after its founding) to even recognize the State of Israel???

They had to.....or be recognized as anti semitic. The PLO had already recognized Israel by this time and to linger on with their historic policy would be a total embarrassment.

The Church had always fancied themselves as the "New Israel" and this is the reason they delayed the inevitable. They were between the proverbial rock and a "sore" spot!