Replacement Theology Gone to Seed
Vatican body asks UN to ‘end Israeli occupation’
Roman Catholic bishops for the Middle East urged the United Nations Saturday to end the Israeli occupation of “Arab lands” at the end of a meeting chaired by Pope Benedict XVI. In a final statement of their two-week conference, the bishops’ synod said the citizens of the Middle East “call upon the international community, particularly the United Nations, conscientiously to work to find a peaceful, just and definitive solution in the region, through the application of the Security Council’s resolutions and taking the necessary legal steps to put an end to the occupation of the different Arab territories.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3973590,00.html
Pope: Mideast peace is possible, urgently needed
Pope Benedict XVI says peace in the Middle East is possible, urgently needed and the best way to stop the emigration of people from the region. Benedict also said religious freedom in the Middle East should be expanded – an issue that could be the subject of dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101024/D9J21R700.html
Vatican body asks UN to ‘end Israeli occupation’
In final statement of two-week conference, bishops’ synod says Biblical concept of ‘promised land’ cannot be used to justify settlements
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The Vatican Takes off Its Gloves
Clergy from the Vatican seem to imply that: ‘Jerusalem Belongs to Everyone, Especially Us.’ U.S. archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros, head of the commission that issued the Synod statement regarding the Jewish People’s status from the Bible, that, “There is no longer a favored people, a chosen people; all men and women of every country have become the chosen people.” Is this the new tactic the Vatican is using to wrest Jerusalem from the Jewish People?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/2615
Catholic Cleric: Jesus Cancelled Biblical ‘Chosen People’
The Creator’s promise in the Bible that the Promised Land belongs to the Jewish People is no longer valid, a Catholic synod declared. An American archbishop at the Synod explained Saturday that the promise of the Creator was “abolished by the presence of Christ.”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/140226
Turning Churches Against Israel
The Evangelical Left is anxious to neutralize evangelicals as America’s typically most pro-Israel demographic, especially by focusing on the plight of Palestinian Christians, who are portrayed as victims exclusively of Israeli oppression. “With God on Our Side,” predictably, portrays pro-Israel Christians as mindless zealots…
http://www.theird.org/Page.aspx?pid=1651
Pope Calls On Israel, Palestinians To Push For Peace
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on the Middle Eastern parties to make efforts to bring peace in the region and urged Palestinians not to give up settlement hope.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7020323167?Pope%20Calls%20On%20Israel,%20Palestinians%20To%20Push%20For%20Peace
A Christian Response to Synod Declaration on the Chosen People
the ancient Catholic Church position of replacement theology is a faulty interpretation of the Bible and it has been demonstrated to be historically incorrect.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/140276