ARCHBISHOP MAINTAINS JEWS ARE NO LONGER CHOSEN PEOPLE : ZIONIST ADL INDICATES CATHOLICS ARE NOT THE CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD

Anti Semitism threat and appeal by Jewish Left to pope who already says Jews do not have to convert in the present times, they are saved in general in Judaism even without a belief in Jesus, the Church is not a necessity for  Jews to enter to avoid Hell

Even after the pope has conceded so much to the Jewish Left it is not enough. They want more.

ADL Calls On Catholic Leaders To Repudiate Archbishop's Anti-Jewish Teachings

New York, NY, November 18, 2010 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic leaders in the United States to repudiate outrageous anti-Jewish statements by a Greek Melkite Archbishop who contends that Jews are no longer the chosen people of God.

In recent days Archbishop Cyril S. Bustros has sent a letter to constituents and has given interviews to the news media reaffirming controversial remarks he made in Rome on October 23, stating that, "After Christ there is no longer one particular chosen people." The implication is that the distinctive relationship between God and the Jewish people, declared repeatedly in the same Scriptures held sacred by Christians, has been nullified.

The ADL issued its statement after the Archbishop clarified his remarks in a statement on the website Jihad Watch.

The chosen people

As for the idea of the chosen people, it is clear, according to Christian theology and especially to St. Paul, that after Christ there is no longer one particular chosen people! With Christ and in Him all men and women of all countries are called to become children of God and unite in one body, the Body of Christ.

The chosen people was not a privilege, it was a mission: Israel was chosen by God in the Old Testament to live in holiness, to proclaim His name among the nations, and to prepare the coming of the Messiah. St Paul does not deny the role of the Jewish people in the history of salvation. He writes to the Romans: “I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race, the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised. Amen.” (Rom. 9:1-5)

But in his letter to the Ephesians, he declares that Jesus has united all the peoples in one people and one body… Archbishop Cyril S. Bustros

CARDINAL BERNARD LAW SAYS JEWS NEED BAPTISM TO JOIN THE 'CHOSEN PEOPLE', THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: EASTER VIGIL SERVICE IN ROME

http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2010/04/cardinal-bernard-law-says-jews-need.html#links

THE JEWS

Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.
November 13, 2010 8:43 AM
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Thank you, Sayidna Bustros!

While I disagree with any pacifism that would render the Crusades inherently unjust (there were surely abuses), I applaud your successfully navigating the dangerous extremes of pro-Zionism on the one hand, and pro-Islamism on the other. We in the West need to be shown that the thorny Middle Eastern questions are not a facile matter of siding with one false religion or another.

Sayidna, you also gently and charitably debunked the theological basis for the Zionist claim on the Holy Land. People should consider your words on this seriously, for they were well chosen.

The only long-term solution to this problem is the unity that you point out we are all called to in the Mystical Body of Christ, the Catholic Church.-Jihad Watch Comment