Torah and Gospel
"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." (Mat 5:17-19)
Articles on the relationship between the Torah and the Gospel, and on whether Messianic Jews, Jewish Christians, Hebrew-Catholics and Catholic Jews should observe the Jewish commandments.
[Editor's note: the following articles arguing in favor of keeping the Jewish Law for Jewish Catholics do not necessarily represent the official position of Catholics for Israel on this matter. However, we do think that this position has its merits and is worthy of serious consideration.]
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Written by Richard Reinhardt
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Friday, 18 Apr 2008 |
Why the Catholic Jew, Saved by the Cross, Still Rejoices on Passover
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should the Jew who has been saved by Jesus celebrate his redemption
from Egypt? What meaning could the statement in the Haggadah that we
should regard ourselves as having participated personally in the
Exodus, possibly have for him? What can the redemption from Egypt give
him that he has not already received through the Cross?
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Written by Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, ז"ל
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Tuesday, 04 Dec 2007 |
From Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger's Book 'The Promise'
"The Church appears in Jerusalem, afer Pentecost, as an "assembly"
kahal in Hebrew, ecclesia in Greek. it is unthinkable that she would
claim to replace Israel. She is not another Israel, but the very,
fulfillment, in Israel, of God's plan...
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Written by Richard Reinhardt
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Friday, 17 Aug 2007 |
Catholic Jews and the Jewish Law
Part I: Jesus and His Jewish Disciples Kept the Law
Is the baptized Jew obligated to keep the commandments of
the Jewish Law?
In the first part of this series, we see how Jesus did not abrogate the Law of Moses that was given to the Jewish people. We also see how the early Jewish-Christian community continued to live in accordance with the Torah.
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Written by Richard Reinhardt
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Wednesday, 24 Oct 2007 |
Catholic Jews and the Jewish Law
Part II: Did Jesus Suspend the Observance of the Law?
This article examines some of the Biblical
arguments in support of the traditional doctrine that exempts, not only
the Gentile, but even the baptized Jew from keeping the Law of the
Torah. We will examine here certain episodes which have been
interpreted to show that Jesus suspended the observance of the Law: Jesus and the kashrut dietary laws, Jesus and the Sabbath, and Peter's vision of the animals in Acts 10.
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Written by Richard Reinhardt
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Sunday, 04 Nov 2007 |
Catholic Jews and the Jewish Law
Part III: St. Paul on Jewish Law and Catholic Jews
Is the baptized Jew still a Jew? Is he still obligated to
keep the Law? Didn’t St. Paul say that he’s
not? The purpose of this article is to address these
questions by examining some of the most relevant passages
from the epistles of St. Paul. We will see that a careful
reading of his epistles suggests that the very reason St.
Paul gives for exempting the Gentile from the observance of
the Law deepened the meaning of the Law and value of
observance for the Christian Jew.
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