Jewry, and Eschatology

Sadie Vacantist said...

The Catholic Church hasn't just stopped its mission to convert the Jews but has stopped trying to convert anyone. I have a suspicion your own ordination was delayed because of your willingness to articulate or accommodate views (on this blog) which imply that.

Traddies and their conservative bedfellows sneakily (and sometimes lazily) blame the Council for the above development. In truth, the problem started during the war and the source of the problem was not German theological faculties.

19 November, 2017

Amateur Brain Surgeon said...

Dear Father. Kudos for your courage in leaving the safe rhetorical spaces and venturing out into the storms where even the fairest of claims about the Jews can call down wrath upon one.

What has always bothered ABS (well, a complete list would be too long) about the Jewish question is the tendency for we Christians to claim, Well, the Bible says there will be a mass conversion near the end of time and so they will be ok.

Yeah, maybe so and maybe not but in the mean time, twixt now and the Parousia, tens of millions of Jews will have been born and died while we have failed to preach Christ and conversion to them and we know that if the Messias-Deniers do not choose to accept Jesus Christ, they are choosing for themselves an eternity in Hell.

It is prolly safe to observe that were any Pope after Pius IX (He actively campaigned for their conversion) to preach the Gospels to the Jews that would be the end of the modern political arrangement/agreement we have made with them and, thus, all of the meetings and happy photos etc

Well, we Christian Catholics can do both - we can be friends with the Jews and we can try to convert them and if they reject us for preaching the Gospel (it is a mortal sin if we don't accord to the exegesis of Cornelius a Lapide) it will mean a rejection based on us fulfilling the Great Commission.

Are we to fear The Lord or man?

One is aware of the virtual minefield you are crossing. May you be a courageous example to all other clergy, good Father.

God Bless you.

19 November, 2017

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overcaffeinated said...

I think this is a completely sane and rational religious position. I also think it is naive to be overly concerned about antisemitism (something Jesus never thought to talk about) when that sentiment is only ruthlessly exploited and laughed at by semites, while never talking about racism against Europeans.

Here are two news stories from the past week -- draw your own conclusions.

"The Jewish community of Poland issued a statement saying its leader, Leszlaw Piszewski, and the country's chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, had a 'frank and open conversation' of more than an hour with Kaczynski." - leading to the prosecution by the Polish government of people involved in a right-wing, anti-immigrant rally in Poland. Jews constitute less than 1% of the Polish population, but their leaders are given the honor of an hour of the head of the leading party's time, and their demands are acquiesced to. (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/polish-prosecutors-open-pr...)

Meanwhile, in Israel...
"It is time to increase the pace of deporting African migrants, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet on Sunday." Refugees who attempt to enter Israel are kept in camps, then deported. (http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Netanyahu-Time-t...) One is inclined to wonder why Jews are so supportive of Europe accepting these people, but not Israel. One might reasonably conclude that anti-whiteism has more influence these days than anti-semitism.

22 November, 2017