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Bishops clarify 'ambiguities' in 2002 Catholic-Jewish document
25-06-2009
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The "ambiguities" in a 7-year-old document from Catholic and Jewish dialogue partners are continuing to cause confusion, two committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a June 18 note.
The USCCB committees on Doctrine and on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs said the Catholic section of a 2002 document, "Reflections on Covenant and Mission," written by participants in an ongoing dialogue between the National Council of Synagogues and the USCCB interreligious affairs committee, "contains some statements that are insufficiently precise and potentially misleading."
In a note issued in San Antonio during the bishops' June 17-19 spring meeting, the committees said, "'Reflections on Covenant and Mission' should not be taken as an authoritative presentation of the teaching of the Catholic Church."
Of special concern are the document's "description of the church's mission and, in particular, what evangelization means with regard to the Jewish people," the committees said.
By stating that the Jewish people's "witness to the kingdom ... must not be curtailed by seeking the conversion of the Jewish people to Christianity," the document "could lead some to conclude mistakenly that Jews have an obligation not to become Christian and that the church has a corresponding obligation not to baptize Jews," they added.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20090624.htm
