Rabbi Ratzon Arusi (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted on 08/25/2021 6:12:24 PM PDT by ebb tide
Rabbi Ratzon Arusi, the chair of the Chief Rabbinate’s Commission for Dialogue with the Holy See, has expressed concern over recent remarks by Pope Francis about Jewish law, Reuters report.
According to the report, Arusi sent a letter to the Vatican requesting clarification of comments the pope made to a general audience earlier this month.
On August 11, Francis spoke at the Vatican about the first five books of the Bible, known in Hebrew as the Torah. The pope referenced the biblical story of God giving the Torah to the Jewish people: “God offered them the Torah, the Law, so they could understand his will and live in justice. We have to think that at that time, a Law like this was necessary, it was a tremendous gift that God gave his people.”
Later, however, Francis said: “The Law, however, does not give life, it does not offer the fulfillment of the promise because it is not capable of being able to fulfill it. The Law is a journey, a journey that leads toward an encounter… Those who seek life need to look to the promise and to its fulfillment in Christ.”
Arusi sent a letter on behalf of the Chief Rabbinate to Cardinal Kurt Koch, whose Vatican department includes a commission for religious relations with Jews.
“In his homily, the pope presents the Christian faith as not just superseding the Torah; but asserts that the latter no longer gives life, implying that Jewish religious practice in the present era is rendered obsolete,” Arusi reportedly wrote in the letter. “This is in effect part and parcel of the ‘teaching of contempt’ towards Jews and Judaism that we had thought had been fully repudiated by the Church.”
Rabbi Ratzon Arusi (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The rabbi asked Koch to “convey our distress to Pope Francis,” and requested clarification from the pope to “ensure that any derogatory conclusions drawn from this homily are clearly repudiated,” Reuters reports.
Koch’s office says today that he has received the letter and is “considering it seriously and reflecting on a response.”
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Ping
The RC does not affirm the Torah. It trusts in its own doctrines over Biblical doctrine.
Why would the rabbi even care? Its two different religions. Hopefully the Pope just ignores him.
I’m not Catholic, I actually despise Franky, however this is something he gets right. Any Bible believing Christian would agree. The “Jews Jew” Apostle Paul pretty much says the same thing.
The only people Bergoglio ignores is his homosexual prelates (until they've caught public attention).
Maybe the rabbi is gay too so he can ignore him like he should.
Yet Francis elevates Islam to be equal with Christianity, and even washes the feet of stinking Muslims, and visits the birthplace of Abraham in Iraq for an “ecumenical event”— and permits the Muslim government to ban Jews from coming!
If salvation could come through the Law, there would be no need for Christ and His sacrifice.
Jesus is not a way, He is the way.
There is no salvation outside Christ. This is true for Jew & Gentile.
I have no doubts.
I believe in “extra Ecclesiam nulla salus”.
I’m just pointing out Bergoglio’s hypocrisy. He has said the Jews don’t need conversion to Christ and Christians should stop trying to convert them because their “covenant” is still valid.
Now he’s saying the opposite.
It would be kind of like the pope getting mad if the rabbis say they don’t believe Jesus is the messiah.
Rabbi: You know, Elaine, very often we cannot see the forest for the trees.
Elaine: Yeah, I don't know what that means.
Rabbi: Well, for example, say there's a forest, . . .
So does the Pope think it’s time for another genocide? Wouldn’t surprise me, given that he’s been wrong on everything else.
Jesus Christ affirmed the Torah, and so does the Church.
First, thank you for that informative and moving linked article on respect between the two faiths.
Second, the only one to truly benefit from friction between Catholics and Jews is Satan. He is already pleased enough with the descent of America’s faithfulness and doesn’t need further conflicts among us all.
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I even caught flack from a fellow Hebrew and Zionist on Twitter for my statement, repeated here:
Who gives a crap what the Catholic Church thinks about halacha (Jewish law) and why should the Church give a kak in yam (ahem, give a crap) what the rabbinate thinks about its (the Church’s) statements? Utterly useless pursuit.
Thanks for letting everyone know what God thinks and likes.
lmao
Sorry misread your post.
Srsly. My bad.
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