does catholicism have more connection/sympathy/kinship with Jewish people?

Question

it seems they have a lot of respect for Jewish religion (obviously they share some aspects), more than i've seen in other churches.
seems they go out of their way to be respectful, which is nice. am i wrong?

Answer 1

Today, I would say the Catholic Church has more sympathy with the Jewish faith than it has had for many, many years. The Catholic Church in Rome has a direct historical connection with the original Jewish church of Palestine.

Despite some rituals based on the Jewish religion, the Catholic Church, however, also has ties to the ritualism of pagan Rome. And for thousands of years, the Catholic Church was staunchly anti-Semitic and did nothing to defend the Jewish minorities living in Catholic-ruled countries. Lutheranism also has an anti-Semitic history.

What you see today is a fairly recent warming of Jewish-Catholic ties and communication. The Catholic Church and the Protestant churches which followed all have a history of anti-Jewishness and outright anti-Semiticism which cannot and should not be forgotten.

Answer 2

Perhaps so since true Christianity has its roots in Judaism, while Protestantism simply has its roots in Catholicism many centuries later. All of the earliest Catholics, including the Apostles, were Jewish, as was the founder of the Holy Catholic Church, Jesus Christ Himself. The Jewish faith was the source of the Old Testament Scriptures, while the Catholic faith was the source of the New Testament Scriptures. And, both the Jewish faith and the Catholic faith were founded directly by God Himself, one under the Old Covenant and the other under the New Covenant. Every other church was founded by mere men. Both the Holy Catholic Church and the Jewish faith share a history of many centuries of unwavering inspired truth, while denominational religion has a short history of continuous separation, fragmentation, and doctrinal chaos. So there are many reasons why the Chosen people of the Old Testament and the Church of the Living God of the New Testament would share a certain spiritual brotherhood.

Answer 3

--is Catholic--

Yes actually. Catholicism is in fact Judaism (fulfilled Judaism). Everything in Judaism leads directly to Christ and Christ opened the doors to the Church. Remember the Gospel of John has Jesus say "Salvation is from the Jews".

you might like to visit
http://www.salvationisfromthejews.com
as well as reading Scott Hahn's books that deal with this topic in a very informed way. If you look at Catholic liturgy, especially the ancient Liturgy of St. James, it is very Jewish.

It is true that there has been historical strained relationships between Jewish peoples and Catholics. It is also important to note two things, 1. Judaism of today is not the Judaism of Christ's day. Modern Judaism stems from the Pharisaical school and there have been substantial developments. 2. The bad blood is not one sided. Especially early on, there are plenty of recorded evidences of Jewish mistreatment of Catholics. Hopefully, we have grown beyond that now.

It is also important to distinguish between the purpose of the Crusades and the blunders of the knights. It is also important to understand that the Inquisition did not target Jews. It only went after Catholics. There were fake conversions of Jews to Catholicism in Spain after the Muslim’s got defeated and kicked out, and these fake conversions where causing unrest and other problems. The Spanish crown did not have a problem with Jews who were Jews, just Jews that were trying to pass themselves off as Catholics. Why were their fake conversions? Because under Islamic rule, life was very bad if you were Jewish but Muslims didn’t mind if you “fake converted” as long as you said “There is no god but….” So when the Muslims were defeated and thrown out of Spain, there were Jews who thought it would be a good idea to “fake convert” to Catholicism. This didn’t go over too well.

Anyway, there is a deep and profound respect for the Jewish peoples in the official teaching of the Catholic Church, which is not limited to just Vatican II.

Answer 4

I certainly hope this is a facetious question because I would be very disappointed to learn there are actually people who have never learned about the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, etc. If that's "respect" they've shown the Jewish people, I only wish they would "respect" someone else for a change. How about the Muslims?

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Answer 5

Actually I know a lot of Christians that adore the Jews. I am one of them. This is the elect of GOD. Many Jews know more about the Old Testament then I will ever dream to know. Look at them. Just look. They are small in number and look at what they have accomplished? I will spare you a lot of time and just suggest you check out the 6 day war. This sounds like a battle straight out of the Bible.
I Love Jesus and Jesus loves Israel.
GOD bless ya.

Answer 6

No. In fact it is quite the opposite. Of all churches, the catholic church has the most strained relationship with Jews. This is because the catholic church had an anti-semetic stance (that they have now recanted). The catholic church said that it was entirely the fault of the jewish people that Christ was killed, and as such, they were horrible people. This caused a lot of strife between catholics and jews.

Answer 7

I'm not sure what you are meaning? I don't see how since catholics make up their own beliefs and maybe follow a little of the bible...Gods word.

Answer 8

wtf u smoking? the catholic church murdered thousands of jews in the crusades... and they ignored what hitler was doing to the jews when they could have done something...

Answer 9

respectfull to all.....as long as it is shown to them...