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The "Jewishness of Jesus" is an increasing topic of discussion in our day and time, and rightfully so. He was not even spared the ritual of circumcision.
This is central to a full understanding and appreciation of our religion. Ours is "Judeo-Christian." Anyone who has the audacity to make a case for a set of values and way of life that was first put in motion sometime around A.D. 1 ought to be taken aside for counsel. Furthermore, so much of what our Lord said had already been said -- for the most part -- in the Old Testament and the writings of the rabbis.
If we see this approach as belittling his mission, we are called to remember his own pronouncement that he came to "fulfill and not destroy." The richness of Judaism is an asset and to disown it is to strike at the very roots of our own faith. Even as the Church began with the Apostles, it had only the Scriptures of the Old Testament.
We are "Judeo-Christians" and that is not only complimentary but accurate.
-- Lacy
The "Jewishness of Jesus" is an increasing topic of discussion in our day and time, and rightfully so. He was not even spared the ritual of circumcision.
This is central to a full understanding and appreciation of our religion. Ours is "Judeo-Christian." Anyone who has the audacity to make a case for a set of values and way of life that was first put in motion sometime around A.D. 1 ought to be taken aside for counsel. Furthermore, so much of what our Lord said had already been said -- for the most part -- in the Old Testament and the writings of the rabbis.
If we see this approach as belittling his mission, we are called to remember his own pronouncement that he came to "fulfill and not destroy." The richness of Judaism is an asset and to disown it is to strike at the very roots of our own faith. Even as the Church began with the Apostles, it had only the Scriptures of the Old Testament.
We are "Judeo-Christians" and that is not only complimentary but accurate.
-- Lacy
