Jews don't need Christ to be saved

[blessedhope]

The Vatican: Jews don't need Christ to be saved

Report, which isn't formal change to doctrine, says Jews don't need to convert for salvation, in an 'unfathomable mystery.'

Jews can secure eternal salvation without converting to Christianity, senior Catholic theologians say in a report published Thursday, in the latest refinement of their stance on a vexed theological issue.

Addressing a question that has long blighted relations between the two faiths, the report also unequivocally states that the Church should not actively seek to convert Jews to Christianity, echoing the stance outlined by former Pope Benedict XVI in a 2011 book.

The report, drawn up by the Church's "Commission for religious relations with the Jews," goes further than Benedict however in effectively affirming that Jews can be saved independently of Christ.

"Although Jews cannot believe in Jesus Christ as the universal redeemer, they have a part in salvation, because the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable," the report concludes, according to a summary released to the media.

 

[blessedhope]

Do people at the Vatican really read the bible or is it for decoration ?

 

[heretoeternity]

Obviously they ignore John 14.6, when Jesus said "no man comes to the Father but by me"

 

[Sullivan]

The Lord Jesus completed His work of redemption, and redeemed mankind from the claws of Satan. So by the name of Jesus, we are forgiven of sin and saved through faith. This is the ironclad proof of God’s work, and no one can gainsay it.

 

[heretoeternity]

Faith without works is dead (James 2)

 

[logabe]

The Vatican: Jews don't need Christ to be saved

Report, which isn't formal change to doctrine, says Jews don't need to convert for salvation, in an 'unfathomable mystery.'

Jews can secure eternal salvation without converting to Christianity, senior Catholic theologians say in a report published Thursday, in the latest refinement of their stance on a vexed theological issue.

Addressing a question that has long blighted relations between the two faiths, the report also unequivocally states that the Church should not actively seek to convert Jews to Christianity, echoing the stance outlined by former Pope Benedict XVI in a 2011 book.

The report, drawn up by the Church's "Commission for religious relations with the Jews," goes further than Benedict however in effectively affirming that Jews can be saved independently of Christ.

"Although Jews cannot believe in Jesus Christ as the universal redeemer, they have a part in salvation, because the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable," the report concludes, according to a summary released to the media.

So the Catholic Church has been wrong for nearly 2000 years. All the Popes and Bishops taught
the people that the Jews had to accept Jesus Christ. Now they have a knew revelation? Wonder
what the laity thinks about this.

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