The fiftieth anniversary of "Nostra Aetate"
After the Holocaust, Christian scholars, challenged by Jules Isaac, became aware of the anti-Jewish bias of Christian preaching. They met at Seelisberg, Switzerland, in 1947, to offer a more faithful reading of the New Testament. More than a decade later, the Second Vatican Council produced the Decl...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2015
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: [525]-528 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Christianity
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church KDJ Ecumenism |
| Further subjects: | B
Dialogue
B Catholic Church B Document |
| Summary: | After the Holocaust, Christian scholars, challenged by Jules Isaac, became aware of the anti-Jewish bias of Christian preaching. They met at Seelisberg, Switzerland, in 1947, to offer a more faithful reading of the New Testament. More than a decade later, the Second Vatican Council produced the Declaration Nostra aetate, which redefined the Church's relation to the Jews, recognized their religion as source of grace, and expressed its respect for all the world religions. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-0558 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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