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Jewish Worshipper at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
The Messiah in the Old Testament
Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Is the Servant of Isaiah 53 the Messiah or Collective Israel? (vs. "Ari G.")
Relationship of Old and New Covenants / Jews and Christians
Jewish-Christian Dialogue on Authority and the Rabbinic Credentials of Jesus and the Apostle Paul (vs. "Ari G.")
Biblical Evidence for the Oral Torah (Hence, by Analogy, Oral Apostolic Tradition)
Biblical Evidence for the Oral Torah (Hence, by Analogy, Oral Apostolic Tradition)
Should a Christian Ever Contribute to a Mosque Building Fund? / Early Christians and Jewish Synagogue and Temple Worship (vs. Grubb)
Reply to Lutheran Nathan Rinne: Exegetical Exposition on Whether the "Leaven" of the Pharisees is Hypocrisy or Doctrinal Falsehood
Reply to Lutheran Nathan Rinne: Exegetical Exposition on Whether the "Leaven" of the Pharisees is Hypocrisy or Doctrinal Falsehood
Passover in Judaism: "Past Events Become Present Today" (Analogy to the Sacrifice of the Mass) / "Remember" in Scripture
Did Jesus Condemn Masturbation? It Appears So (Striking Talmudic Parallels to the Sermon on the Mount)
Did Jesus Condemn Masturbation? It Appears So (Striking Talmudic Parallels to the Sermon on the Mount)
Development of Doctrine: Judaism to Christianity
Comparative Exegesis of Hebrews 8 / Sacrifice of the Mass (vs. James White)
Reflections on the Sacrifice of the Mass
Samuel the Prophet Appearing to Saul as an Argument for the Communion of Saints: Clarification For Protestant Critic Douglas Mabry
Samuel the Prophet Appearing to Saul as an Argument for the Communion of Saints: Clarification For Protestant Critic Douglas Mabry
A Refutation of the Fallacies and Circular Reasoning of James White Regarding "Moses' Seat," Authentic Tradition, and Sola Scriptura (vs. James White)
Refutation of James White: Moses' Seat, the Bible, and Tradition (Introduction) (+ Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Parts VII and VIII)
The Old Testament, the Ancient Jews, and Sola Scriptura
The Old Testament, the Ancient Jews, and Sola Scriptura
Priests, Levites, and Josiah's Destruction of the High Places: Closer to Sola Scriptura or Catholicism? (+ Part Two / Part Three / Part Four / Part Five) (vs. "CPA")
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers and the Bible (+ Part II / Part III) (vs. "CPA")
Alleged Old Testament Textual Contradictions and Ethical Difficulties
Dialogue on Biblical Cosmology, Round One (vs. Matthew Green)
On the Alleged Contradictions of 2 Samuel 24, and 1 Chronicles 21 and 27 (vs. the atheist "DagoodS")
Did God Harden Pharaoh's Heart? (Does God Positively Ordain Evil?) (vs. [atheist] "DagoodS")
Reply to a Calvinist Critique Concerning the "Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart" (vs. Colin Smith)
Did God Harden Pharaoh's Heart? (Does God Positively Ordain Evil?) (vs. [atheist] "DagoodS")
Reply to a Calvinist Critique Concerning the "Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart" (vs. Colin Smith)
Reply to "The Problem of Pain and the Egomania of the Psalms" (vs. Ed Babinski [agnostic])
Second Reply to Agnostic Ed Babinski on the Supposed Irrationality and Immorality of the Psalms and the Christian Worldview (vs. Ed Babinski)
Postscript to Dialogue With Agnostic Ed Babinski on the Psalms, Etc.: Ed's Attempt to Enlist an Ancient Near East Scholar in Support Backfires (Dr. James Roger Black vs. Ed Babinski; compiled and additional commentary by Dave Armstrong)
Flood Geology, the (Global?) Flood, and Uniformitarianism (+ Part II) (vs. Kevin Rice)
Objections to Some Atheist / Agnostic "Proof Texts" of an Alleged Flat-Earth Biblical Cosmology (vs. Ed Babinski)
Old Testament: General
Fr. Robert Barron Denies That Adam Was a "Literal Figure"
Defending the Literal, Historical Adam of the Genesis Account (vs. Catholic Eric S. Giunta)
Reply to Lutheran Nathan Rinne: Comparative Ecclesiology, "Lutheran" Church Fathers? / The Old Testament Religious System Was Ultimately Indefectible Like the Church, But With Less Divinely-Provided Power and Promises
Reply to a Skeptic Regarding Elijah the Prophet's Extraordinary Departure From Earth and Relation to John the Baptist (vs. "paul")
Dialogue With a Skeptic Regarding Elijah and John the Baptist, Round Two (vs. "paul")
Dialogue With a Skeptic Regarding Elijah and John the Baptist, Round Two (vs. "paul")
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Noah as Actual Historical Figures: the Biblical Evidence and Catholic Agreement With It
Catholics and the Historicity of Jonah the Prophet
Catholics and the Historicity of Jonah the Prophet
The Calvinist Doctrine of Total Depravity and Romans 3:10-11 ("None is Righteous . . . No One Seeks For God"): Reply to James White
Dialogue on the Documentary Theory of Biblical Authorship (JEPD) and of Dissenting Liberal Hermeneutics Generally
Dialogue on the Documentary Theory of Biblical Authorship (JEPD) and of Dissenting Liberal Hermeneutics Generally
The Biblical, Primitive Papacy: St. Peter and the "Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven": Scholarly Opinion (Mostly Protestant) (+ Part II)
EXTERNAL LINKS
On Jewish History (Christopher Dawson)
The Jews as the Christians Saw Them (Robert Louis Wilken)
Judaism or Jewishness? (Elliot Abrams)
Love, Hate, and Jewish Identity (Jonathan Sacks)
Comparing Christianity and Judaism (Peter Kreeft)
Jews and - Catholics: Beyond Apologies (David Novak)
Christians in the Land Called Holy (Habib C. Malik)
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Babylonian Talmud
The Jews as the Christians Saw Them (Robert Louis Wilken)
Judaism or Jewishness? (Elliot Abrams)
Love, Hate, and Jewish Identity (Jonathan Sacks)
Comparing Christianity and Judaism (Peter Kreeft)
Jews and - Catholics: Beyond Apologies (David Novak)
Christians in the Land Called Holy (Habib C. Malik)
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Babylonian Talmud
Pope Pius XII and the Nazi Holocaust / Persecution of Jews / Anti-Semitism
EXTERNAL LINKS
800,000 Saved by Pius XII's "Silence" (Donald DeMarco)
In Defence of Pius XII and His Aid to the Jews (Rabbi David Dalin)
In Defence of Pius XII and His Aid to the Jews (Rabbi David Dalin)
Hitler's Pope? (Donald Devine)
Nazi Policy and the Catholic Church (Karol Jozef Gajewski)
Pope Pius XII and the Jews (Margherita Marchione)
The Catholic Church and the Nazis (website)
Pope Pius XI [not Pius XII] and the Nazis (Jimmy Akin)
Was Hitler a Christian? (Answers in Action)
Updated on 14 April 2013.
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7 comments:
Hi, Dave, this is Pito.
I was just wondering whether Catholics are permitted to believe that God gave Moses an Oral as well as a Written Torah on the Mountain, as Orthodox Jews believe, however corrupt some of the Pharisees may have been or made the Law?
Thanks.
Sure. I have used the argument myself, as an analogy to Tradition, over against written Scripture.
The Pharisaical tradition was the mainstream of Judaism in Christ's time. Jesus followed it, so did Paul (he called himself one twice, after his conversion).
And the Pharisees believed in oral tradition, originally given to Moses, and developed over time. It was the Sadducees who denied this. They were the liberals and "sola Scripturists" of that time.
Hello, Dave,
As a follow-up to my first question on the Oral Torah, I'd like to add that it seems to me that Catholics may believe that the Talmudim, Midrashim, Aggadot and most major Jewish Law codes accurately record it. The trouble I have with this is reconciling this with the question of where the Jews went wrong, why we should believe they did, and your thoughts on why God would allow that to happen, as this geneeral Christian claim appears analogous to me to the anti-Catholic argument that the Church became corrupt at an arbitrary point in history.
Thanks in advance for your help.
-Pito
Thanks for the question. I've responded at length in a new post:
Is the Anti-Catholic Myth of Total Catholic Apostasy Analogous to the Jewish-Christian Parting of Ways in the First Century?
http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2009/12/is-anti-catholic-myth-of-total-catholic.html
Anyone, I'd appreciate some help regarding online links about the New Testament's relationship to rabbinic teachings if you could, please?
Thanks.
This is an impressive collection of articles that demonstrates significant understanding of and respect for Judaism coming from an orthodox, non-"liberal" Roman Catholic context. Yet, from reading the rest of this website, it would appear that the author, like any other similarly orthodox Catholic, nevertheless expects that any Jew who takes their Faith to the grave will suffer a horrific eschatological fate, regardless of their sincere worship of the One True God, and regardless of their having lived a virtuous life. This is consistent with historic RC teaching, but I wonder how the author deals with this tension? It surely must be felt to be an uncomfortable fact, even if it's one which "must" be believed in.
Thanks for your articulate comment. I appreciate your first sentence very much. That is what I strive to do.
Please refresh my memory: where did I say that "any" believing Jews would go to hell? I don't remember asserting any such thing. Could you direct me to remarks that led you to believe that "it would appear" that I hold this?
I'm sure I have said that anyone who truly understands Catholicism, "knows" it to be the truth, and rejects it, is in distinct danger of hellfire, but that is an entirely different proposition.
In other papers I have argued that it is possible for an atheist to possibly be saved.
Therefore, I'm curious where you got this impression.
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