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- Articles - Part two of three Catholic Church & Israel Both “Under New Management” By Nadir Martello 9/3/2006 Part two ‘The Jewish Question and the Council’[16]As I wrote above, the demise of the Catholic Church and the rising star of Israel go, more or less, in tandem: the former has become what is today Novus Ordo - new church, conciliar church or anti-church; the latter a Zionist State. For a better understanding of the recent history of the Catholic Church and Israel, Vicomte Leon De Poncins[17], whose expertise is greater than mine, has this to say in his book, “Judaism and the Vatican”: Jules Isaac “On 19th November 1964, the bishops and cardinals of the Catholic Church gathered in Council at Rome passed by an overwhelming majority the Schema dealing with the attitude of the Church towards Judaism”. [p 9] “The truth, it is suggested, is that a number of Jewish organizations and personalities are behind the reforms which were proposed at the Council with a view to modifying the Church’s attitude and time-honored teaching about Judaism: Jules Isaac, Label Katz, President of the B’nai B’rith, Nahum Goldman, President of the World Jewish Congress, etc.” [p 10] “‘Isaac turned the Council to advantage, having found there considerable support among progressive bishops. In fact he became the principal theorist and promoter of the campaign being waged against the traditional teaching of the Church. ‘This is the gist of his thesis: We must have done with anti-Semitism, the logical outcome of which was the liquidation of European Jews at Auschwitz and other death camps during the Second World War. “According to him, the most dangerous form of anti-Semitism is Christian anti-Semitism, which is fundamentally theological. Indeed, the Christian attitude to Judaism has always been based on the account of the Passion as described by the four Evangelists and as commented on by the Fathers of the Church such as St. John Chrysostom, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, Pope Gregory the Great, St. Agobard, Primate of the Gauls, and many others.” [p. 11] “In 1949 he made contacts with the clergy in Rome, and through them he was able to obtain a private audience with Pius XII, to whom he pleaded on behalf of Judaism, asking him to have the “Ten Points of Seelisberg” examined. “In 1959 he held a conference at Sorbonne on the need for revising Christian teaching on the Jews and he closed with an appeal to Pope John’s sense of justice and love of truth. “Shortly afterwards he met several prelates of the Roman Curia, in particular Cardinals Tisserand, Jullie, Ottaviani, and Cardinal Bea (my emphasis); and on 13th June 1960 he was granted an audience by the Pope, whom he asked to condemn the “teaching of contempt”, suggesting that a sub-commission should be set up specifically to study the problem. Some time afterwards Jules Isaac “learned with joy that his suggestions had been considered by the Pope and handed on to Cardinal Bea[7] for examination”. The latter set up a special working party to study relations between the Church and Israel (my emphasis), which finally resulted in the Council vote on 20th November 1964.” [pp. 12-13] ~Condemn and suppress all racial, religious or national discrimination with regard to the Jews; ~ Modify or suppress liturgical prayers concerning the Jews, especially those on Good Friday; ~ Declare that the Jews are in no way responsible for the death of Christ, for which the whole of humanity is to blame; ~ Quash the passages, in the Evangelists, and principally the one in St. Matthew, whom Jules Isaac coldly describes as a liar and perverter of the truth, in which they relate the crucial story of the Passion; ~ Declare that the Church has always been to blame for this state of latent war which has persisted for two thousands years between the Jews, the Christians and the rest of the world; ~ Promise that the Church will definitely modify her attitude to a spirit of humility, contrition and forgiveness with regard to the Jews, and that she will make every effort to repair the wrongs that she has done them by rectifying and purifying her traditional teaching according to the lines laid down by Jules Isaac. Notwithstanding the insolence of his ultimatum and of his virulent indictment of the Evangelists and of the teaching of the Fathers of the Church, which is founded on the very words of Christ himself, Jules Isaac received strong support from priests even in Rome and from many members of Amitié judéo-chrétienne.” [p. 29] Since then, through Nostra Aetate[18], Ecumenism, Interfaith Dialogue, and Religion Freedom became the dominant themes within the Catholic Church. No longer does the Catholic Church act on her mandate to evangelize as the Lord Jesus Christ Himself commanded her: “And the good news must first be proclaimed to all nations”. [Mark 13:10] and “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”. [Mat 28:19] Once again, we notice today this rule has been reversed: it is not the so-called Catholic Church leading the nations to their redemption; it is Israel, with her coterie, that rules the world[19] to their destruction[20]. [18] See: ADL's "Interfaith" Enmeshment - Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II document of 1965, by Karin Friedemann with Joachim Martillo http://www.rense.com/general69/enmesh.htm [19] See: Is the New World Order 'Jewish'? By Henry Makow PhD http://www.sheddinglight.info/archives_is_the_nwo_jewish.htm [20] ‘When they say, "There is peace and security", then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!’ [1 Thes 5:3] ‘Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction’. [2 Thes 2:3] also 2 Pet 2:1; 2 Pet 3:7. |
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