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terly against the C h u r c h, they
should say "Nostra Maxima Culpa"
— in plain Hebrew, Hotonu —
for rushing in where angels fear 1
to tread. The Church is within her
rights to interpret our history in 1
her own theological — dogmatic 1
terms. We are the ones who have I
transcended the bounds of histori-
cal responsibility and decency by
asking for a theological document
on the Jews as 'brethren' in faith
instead of urging the Church to
issue a strong declaration in socio-
logical — human terms affirming
the inalienable rights of the Jew
as a human being.
"I am very little concerned over
the response of the Jewish commu-
nity to the evangelical appeal con-
tained in the new draft. The Jew,
tenacious and totally committed
to his past, with faith in his glori-
ous eschatology, will reject this
appeal with dignity. Such ap-
proaches by the Church have been
made many times in our history
and the powerful Church has al-
ways failed to sway the Jew from
his eternal course. What hurts me
is that for the first time in our
history the Church was, because of
naive and equivocal statements. led
to believe that in the interests of
good will we are ready for some
revision in our historical attitudes
and commitments. The situation
does not call for hysteria and
readiness to incur martyrdom. All
it requires is common sense, re-
sponsibility, dignity and particu-
larly a moratorium on theological
'dialogue' and pilgrimages to
Rome."
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Ecumenical Council Provokes
Interest in Jewish Issue
ROME (JTA) — The "revised"
ated the Jewish people from the
collective guilt for the death of
Jesus by declaring that Jesus
died for the sins of all mankind.
the conservatives hope, they may lie Church, most other non-Catho- "rather soon," probably in Octo-
put through in its present form lic Christians lack centralized ber, during the third or fourth
1 without floor discussion. The battle bodies, making contact with them week of the session.
could thus be restricted to behind- an extremely difficult task.
Thd "revised" draft says that the the-scenes maneuvers.
That opinion was expressed by
Jews "of our time" are not to be
Joseph Cardinal Ritter, of St. , the expert Prof. Hans Hirschmann,
kept responsible for the crucifi-
Louis, (le of the leaders of the
a
Jesuit
priest who is on the facul-
xion of Jesus by the Romans, thus
progressive wing among the
ty of the Frankfurt University
implying that the• Jews of 2,000
Council fathers, has voiced . the 1 Theological Department, in West
years ago are responsible. The "re-
Hope that the Council will pro- 1 Germany. Prof. Hirschmann said
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duce a declaration on the Jews
that Cardinal Bea's unit has al-
ed by Jewish leaders as an un-
"satisfactory to our Jewish
ready
established
contacts
with
veiled overture to Jews to accept
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Christianity.
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pressed that "hope and belief"
the declaration dealing with the
Vatican circles have been dis-
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when he arrived here this week-
Jews will come before the Council
mayed by the storm which the
end at the head of a delegation
"revised" draft has created and
of 90 United States and Cana-
by the fact that its contents have
dian prelates and other priests
Strictly
become public prior to being taken
to attend the Council.
Kosher
up by the Council at its third ses-
Meats
and
Another prominent churchman.
sion. An inquiry is going on in
Poultry
Rome into the source of the leak. and one of the Council's experts
Specializing in:
There is a feeling in the Vatican on the drafting of various schema
• Fresh, Cutup Chicken Parts
that had thd document come be- and declarations, asserted here to-
• Cartwheels
fore the Council in the normal way day that Cardinal Bea's secretariat
• Ready Made Hamburger Patties
• Cube Steaks
will
retain
jurisdiction
over
the
without being first made public,
• Oven Ready Turkeys
• Kosher TV Dinners
the Council Fathers could have -Jewish problem. He said the new
• Mock Chicken
dealt with it in an atmosphere Secretariat for Non-Christian Reli-
• Beef Ribs
• Seasoned Meat Balls
not charged with the bitterness gions, recently set up by Pope
• Seasoned Meat Loaf
• Veal for Scalopini
that will now surround the debate. Paul VI, will be too busy with its
• Beef for Scalopini
It is emphasized that the pro- own work, since, unlike the Catho-
• Tenderloin Chip Steak
posed draft dealing with t14 Jew-
r-
• Boneless Chicken Breasts
ish question is, unlike last year,
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not a part of a schema but only
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a "proposition" which need not—
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rules—be debated openly on the
floor. Since the "revised" draft is
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draft of the document on the at-
titude of the Catholic Church to-
ward the Jewish people — which
provo k.e d great dissatisfaction
among Jews—is by no means final,
Vatican circles declared at the
opening of the third session of the
Ecumenical Council, at which the
draft will- come up for discussion.
The session, which opened with
more than 2,400 cardinals and
bishops from all parts of the world.
is expected to face strong opposi-
tion against the . revisions in the
draft on the part of the liberal
wing of the Council which consti-
tutes a large majority of the
priestly participants. However, the
possibility also exists that the
approximately 500 members of the
Council who constitute the con-
servative wing may manipulate to
keep the Jewish issue from being
debated openly, thus weakening
the stand of the liberals.
Main OfficC:GOO Woodwa-rd, Dctr)it 26, lvticingan
Vatican circles indicated that a
debate on the "revised" draft
could bring substantial changes
in the proposed text, and may
even lead the Council to go back
to the original text presented
last year by Augustin Cardinal
Bea, head of the Vatican's Secre-
tariat for the Promotion of
Christian Unity, which exoner
NY Cultural Center
to Be Built in Memory
of Farband's Louis Segal
NEW YORK (JTA) — The na-
tional executive of the Farband
Labor Zionist Organization has de-
cided to build a cultural and edu-
cation center to house the organ-
ization's Kineret Day School in the
Bronx, which will serve as a me-
morial to Louis Segal, the late sec-
retary of the Farband, who died
earlier this year.
Shortly before his death, Mr.
Segal had proposed the construc-
tion of a number of such centers
to house the organization's schools
in various parts of the city. The
buildings were also to serve as
youth and cultural centers. A total
of $400,000 had already been raised
by Mr. Segal toward the cost of
the first such center for the Kin-
eret School.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 18, 1964-3
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