THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 11, 1983 1
Catholic Priest Cites Problems in Liturgy, Belief
(Continued from Page 7)
for Jesus' death that has
been traditionally so
much a part of the popu-
lar imagery of Holy
Week."
Fr. Pawlikowski added
that modern Christian
scholars have clearly con-
cluded that "any theory of
collective guilt for Jesus'
death applied to the Jewish
community lacks historical
foundation."
"The same biblical schol-
ars . . . have also shOwn us
that changing our attitudes
on this quesiton will help
the Church better ap-
preciate the message of
Jesus generally, including
the significance of the Holy
Week events. For the
Jewish tradition formed the
context, not merely the
backdrop, for Jesus' preach-
ing and teaching.
"The Hebrew Scriptures
were not merely prelude to
his teaching; they provided
the core setting and spirit.
The benefits to be gained by
the Church in burying once
and for all the Jesus-
versus-Judaism model for
Holy Week interpretation
go beyond restoring Chris-
tian moral integrity after
centuries of distorted
preaching about Judaism
which many times led to
suffering and death for the
People Israel.
"If we come to understand
and preach the continuity
between Jesus and the pro-
gressive Jewish movements
of his time we will clearly
enhance the richness of the
Church's Easter message."
Fr. Pawlikowski
added, "The real picture
surrounding the events
of the Crucifixion, then, is
not Jesus as an isolated
prophet but rather Jesus
standing in concert with
the progressive moev-
ments in Judaism such as
the Pharisees over
against the small group
of Jews who were col-
laborators with the op-
pressive Roman
authorities and de-
nounced as such by
Jewish writers of the
time.
"Until we re-associate
Jesus with the wider Jewish
struggle of the period
against spiritual and politi-
cal oppression, the cross and
the Church's celebration of
Holy Week generally will
continue to carry the seeds
of anti-Semitism."
Fr. Pawlikowski gave a
lengthy discussion of mod-
ern Christian thinking
about the Gospel of John,
believed to be the root of
most of the anti-Jewish
thinking in Christian
ranks. He admitted that the
new scholarship will be dif-
ficult to impart.
Fr. Pawlikowski also
chastized Christians for
using portions of the Pro-
phet Isaiah to confirm Jesus
as the Messiah while ignor-
ing other statements of
Isaiah "insisting on the
permanency of God's cove-
nant with Isarel."
"The non-fulfilled aspect
of the Christ Event leave
the Jewish covenant
theologically intact and re-
nders Hebrew Scriptures a
source of ongoing meaning
for Christian believers .. .
"Jesus' death on the
cross did not bring death
to Judaism and its reli-
gious tradition as Chris-
tians have often claimed.
The
contemporary
church has a moral man-
date to unequivocally
preach these realities.
"After centuries of anti-
Semitism, after the Nazi
Holocaust, we can do no less
as faithful Christians."
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