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Tasuo Doi, of Tokyo, approved
the proposal that the Catholic
Church concede merit to other
religions, but declared that other
religions, in addition to the Jew-
ish faith, should be included in
chapter four.
Catholic circles here said that
the opposition to the schema and
• to chapter four came rather as a
surprise. However, they noted
that the opposition to chapter
four concerned not its purpose
but, rather, its exclusion of non-
Christian religions other than
the Jewish faith. Some held that
the chapter belonged in t h e
schema entitled "De Ecclesia,"
dealing with the workings of the
Catholic Church. The debate on
the entire schema, including
chapter four, is to continue
tomorrow.
The proposal of the Vatican
Secretariat for Christian Unity
for adoption by the Ecumenical
Council of a statement rejecting
Jewish blame for the crucifixion
of Christ was approved in prin-
ciple by Bishops speaking dur-
ing the debate Wednesday, on
the proposed statement on Ecu-
menism. ,
Albert Cardinal Meyer, Arch-
bishop of Chicago, expressed
"great satisfaction" with the en-
tire document, including chapter
four on the Jews and five on
freedom of conscience. He said
the two chapters should remain
in the overall Ecumenism state-
ment because they were "inti-
mately connected" with Ecumen-
ism.
Bishop Angelo Jelmini, the
Apostolic Administrator of Lu-
gano, speaking on behalf of all
Swiss Bishops, offered a similar
endorsement adding that the
proposed schema should include
also Moslems and "all who be-
lieve in God and are opposed to
materialistic atheism."
Msgr. Mendez of Mexico also
endorsed the proposed arrange-
ment and said he approved the
inclusion of the reference to
Jews as connected with t h e
Catholic Ch _ urch by the Old
Testament. He added he felt ,
that all other religions should
be treated separately and that a
separate chapter should be dedi-
cated to Islam.
Bishop Morcillo of Spain ar-
gued that the chapter on the
Jews and that on freedom of
conscience should be approved,
but as part of the 17th schema
on the church in the world, a
proposal endorsed by Bishop
Antonio and Cardinal Bacci of
the Vatican Curia. Bishop Jel-
mini argued that the departure
of the church from Judaism was
the first schism and the source
of all subsequent schisms and
that it was therefore useful to
refer to it in connection with
the theme of Ecumenism.
In his powerful appeal, Car-
dinal Bea emphasized that the
statement rejecting Jewish
responsibility for the death
of Jesus was neither a politi-
cal nor a national matter and
that under no circumstances
was it meant to imply Vati-
can recognition of the State
of Israel'or an act in favor of
Zionism. He said that the Vat-
ican Secretariat had so noti-
fied the Arab states.
The Cardinal reiterated the
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bonds between the Catholic
Church and the Chosen People
who gave the Church "the
founders and first missionaries."
Be quoted extensively from St.
Paul, citing the words that "di-
vine grace on Israel was never
revoked."
He added that nevertheless it
could not be denied that inside
the Church there had often been
"harsh and unhappy" words
against Jews in connection with
the crucifixion. Referring to the
events of that time, Cardinal
Bea said that there had been
a minority among Jews opposed
to Jesus and less still of those
who had shouted "crucify him,"
whereas "we know that the ma-
jority of the people were
against his condemnation." He
added that the Gospels indi-
cated that not all the Jews in
Jerusalem and still less all in
the Holy Land or those scat-
tered through the Holy Roman
Empire of that time "can be
held responsible for Jesus'
death."
Cardinal Bea pointed out that
St. Peter had even absolved the
leaders because they were igno-
rant "so how could it be pos-
sinble to blame the Jews 19
centuries later?" He added
there could indeed be no ques-
tion of blaming them for the
deicide. Besides, the Cardinal
added, Jesus' last words were
an invocation to God to forgive
his executioners because they
"did not know what they were
doing." The Cardinal added:
"How can it be doubted that
such a prayer • was fulfilled by
God and how could the Church
and her followers do otherwise?"
"Now we are asked why is
all this to be repeated in the
Council," the Cardinal contin-
ued. "Those are all known
things and no new things. Ex-
actly, because they are no new
things and therefore they are
nearly forgotten and this is one
reason to repeat them."
The Cardinal declared that an-
other major reason for absolv-
ing the Jews was the Nazi prop-
aganda of the recent past which
initiated tthe Nazi persecution
that "cost the lives of millions
of Jews." "It is felt that the
Nazi propaganda has affected
even Catholics and it is there-
fore necessary to remove that
influence," he stated.
Cardinal Bea added that he
knew "very well" that anti-
Semitism was not based pri-
marily on past or present teach-
ings of the Catholic Church. "It
has other roots too but the
Church does not deal with
them," he said.
Cardinal Bea's address was
greeted with loud applause
which the Moderator was unable
to interrupt. After Cardinal Bea
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spoke, Archbishop Desmedt of
Belgium discussed, the chapter
on religious liberty. Other
speakers during the day who
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on the Jews said it should be
located in another Schema or
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not be part of the Christian
Unity Schema. The Patriarch of
Jerusalem also declared his sup-
port of both chapters.
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