Salvation is from the Jews (John 4:22): Saving Grace in Judaism and Messianic Hope in ChristianityLiturgical Press, 2007 - 201 pagini Growing up in an ethnic suburb in Cleveland, Aaron Milavec was an impressionable adolescent whose religious and cultural influences made it natural for him to pity, blame, and despise Jews. All of that began to change in 1955 when Mr. Martin, a Jewish merchant, hired Milavec as a stock boy. Milavec's initial anxieties over working for a Jew surprisingly gave way to profound personal admiration. This, in turn, plunged Milavec into a troubling theological dilemma: How could God consign Mr. Martin to eternal hellfire due to his ancestral role in the death of Jesus when it was clear that Mr. Martin would not harm me, a Christian, even in small ways? This book is not for the faint-hearted. Most Christians imagine that the poison of anti-Judaism has been largely eliminated. In contrast, Milavec reveals how this poison has gone underground--disfiguring not only the role of Israel in God's plan of salvation but also horribly twisting the faith, the forgiveness, and the salvation that Christians find through Jesus Christ. This painful realization serves as the necessary first step for our healing. At each step of the way, Milavec's sure hand builds bridges of mutual understanding that enable both Christians and Jews to cross the chasm of distrust and distortion that has infected both church and synagogue over the centuries. In the end, Milavec securely brings his readers to that place where Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity can again be admired as sister religions intimately united to one other in God's drama of salvation. |
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... baptism that would remove that original sin . I knew original sin could be a serious obstacle since , without baptism , even Catholic babies were prevented from ever going to heaven.2 At best , they could expect to go to a place of ...
... Baptism and the other sacraments , in order to participate fully in communion with God , the Father , Son and Holy Spirit . ( 22 ) 16. See the excellent review article by Eugene J. Fisher , " Historical Developments in the Theology of ...
... baptism must be seen as the divinely sanctioned means whereby even Jews " participate fully in communion with God . " Upon closer examina- tion , however , since the document specifically speaks here of the mission ad gentes ( " to the ...
... baptize us . The sugar on top of honey is simply superfluous . We are already " with the Father " and we know the way . . . .18 Thus Lapide joins his voice to that of Paul in assigning a providential and necessary role to the small ...
... baptized who hear and say " no one comes to the Father except through Jesus . " This is objectively true relative to their experience . As for those in the synagogue across the street , on the other hand , they come and will continue to ...
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The Story of Salvation | 57 |
Parting of the Ways | 84 |
Jesus as Messiah | 116 |
The Unsavory Odor of Christian Evangelization | 152 |
Reflections on Covenant and Mission | 173 |
Bibliography | 183 |
Index | 196 |