The Catholic Church and the Jewish People: Recent Reflections from Rome

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Index Agagianian, Grégoire-Pierre (cardinal ), 142 Alberigo, Giuseppe, 129 Alexandria Declaration, 234 Al-Thani, Abdullah bin Khalifa (sheikh), 166 Amar, Shlomo (chief rabbi), 167–68, 229 America, 147 American Jewish Committee, xiv, 149 Antisemitism, 6, 7, 17, 51–53, 133, 138, 139, 140, 149, 161, 171, 172, 182, 183, 187, 202–7, 218, 226, 228 Anti-Zionism, 163, 218 Augustine of Hippo, 82, 123 Baptism, validity of when coerced, 44–45, 50 Baeck, Leo, 4 Bakshi-Doron, Elijahu (chief rabbi), 168 Barak, Ehud (prime minister), 184 Baum, Gregory, 131, 145 Barnabas, Letter of, 96 Bea, Augustin (cardinal), ix, 5, 7, 15, 16, 36, 113, 130–51 passim, 153, 180 Becker, Fritz, 164 Ben Asher, Ya’aqov, 27 Ben-Chorim, Schalom, 4 Ben Gurion, David (prime minister), 190 Benedict XIV (pope), 50, Benedict XVI (pope), 221, 229. See also Ratzinger, Joseph (cardinal) Berkovits, Eliezer, 58 Bible, 31, 70, 214, 215, 225–26, 228; relations between two Christian testaments, 87–91, 100–6, 120–21, 203–4; respect for Jewish readings of, 108–10; Jewish readings of as a locus theologicus semiproprius, 124 Biblical revelation, eschatological nature of, 74–81 B’nai B’rith, 148 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 59 Browne, Michael (cardinal), 137, 138, 141 Brutti, Maria, xiv Buber, Martin, 4 Bueno y Monreal, José Marı́a (cardinal ), 140 Cano, Melchior, 117–18, 122, 123 Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies , x, xii, xiv Carli, Luigi (bishop), 145 262 / Index Carmelite Convent at Auschwitz, 69, 165, 206 Caro, Joseph, 27 Casaroli, Agostino (cardinal), 158 Cassidy, Edward Idris (cardinal), 7, 9, 10, 155, 204 Castle, Moonyeen, 220 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 61, 98, 163–64, 205 Catholic theology of Judaism, see Christian theology of Judaism Cattoi, Thomas, xii CELAM (Latin American Bishops’ Conference), 157 Center for Christian-Jewish Learning at Boston College, x, xii Chacour, Elias (archbishop), 169 Charrière, François (bishop), 146 Christian-Jewish dialogue, limits of, 17–18 Christian-Jewish Relations, history of, 9–10, 30, 36, 41–53, 130, 133, 134, 103–4; theological questions , 10, 65–67, 115, 118–26, 207; collaboration on contemporary issues, 10–11, 19, 32, 36, 37, 161, 202, 204, 205, 222, 228; asymmetry of, 13–14, 18, 24; need for prayer in, 33; important for world, 207 Christian theology of Judaism, 10, 15, 29–30, 66–67, 73–91, 92– 112; need for awareness of Jewish self-understanding, 30; need for awareness of the Christian Bible, 31; need for awareness of postbiblical Judaism, 31; ecumenical consensus toward, 92–93; Israel’s covenant as salvific, 108 Christianity and Judaism, unique relations or bond between, 5, 92– 93, 154–55; parting of the ways, 34 Church as ‘‘new people of God,’’ 15, 124–25 Church and Synagogue, images of, 41–42, 51 Ciappi, Mario Luigi (cardinal), 137, 138 Cicognani, Amleto Giovanni (cardinal ), 131, 134, 137, 138, 140, 141, 144, 151 Civiltà Cattolica, 52, 144 Clement of Alexandria, 88 Clement IV (pope), 45 Colombo, Giovanni (cardinal), 141 Cohen, Shear Yashuv (chief rabbi), 169, 172, 227, 229 Commission for Religious Relations with Islam, 154 Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, xi, xiii, xiv, 3–5, 7–9, 12, 152–58, 168, 173, 188, 206, 229; ‘‘Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration, Nostra Aetate , 4,’’ 7, 154, 156, 163, 205; ‘‘Notes on the Correct Way to Present Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Teaching in the Roman Catholic Church,’’ 7, 158, 163, 205, 215; ‘‘We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah,’’ 7, 9, 54–55, 57, 70, 163, 165–66; and International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee, 159–66 Concert of Reconciliation (Jews, Christians, Muslims), 167 Congar, Yves, 131, 132, 136, 144, 145, 146 Congregation for Catholic Education , 160 Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 160 Congregation for the Oriental Churches, 160 Conversion of the heart, 33 Conversion of Jews to Christianity, 16, 24, 42, 43–46, 48, 50, 108, 137, 170, 172, 228; and Christian mission, witness, 161 Cottier, Georges (cardinal), 226 Covenant(s), 6, 65, 74, 84, 126; between God and Jews as alive and unrevoked, 6, 92, 98–99, 102, 107–8; number of, 10, 90–91, 101, 102; single covenant, 84–86; two-covenant, 86–87; theology of Letter to the Hebrews, 93–96; new covenant / old covenant, 94– 98, 103–5; linguistic considerations , 100–6; as freely Index / 263 established by God, 100, 102, 108; as soteriological concept, 102; as eschatological, 104–5, 111–12...