In 2018, a set of texts by Benedict XVI covering his thoughts on relations between Jews and the Catholic Church was brought together in
The Irrevocable Alliance
(Communio/Parole et Silence), a book enriched with reflections from Christian theologians and Orthodox rabbis.
Its title echoes the speech of John Paul II to the Jewish community of Mainz in 1980. Fifteen years after the conciliar declaration
Nostra Ætate
on the magisterium of the Church regarding non-Christian religions, the Polish pope recalled that the Jews were
"God's people of the old Covenant, a Covenant that was never denounced by God."
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Regarding the doctrine of substitution - historically called supersessionism - in which some researchers have distinguished one of the sources of Christian anti-Judaism over the centuries, these theological speculations have provoked contrasting, sometimes even embarrassed reactions.
The pope emeritus tried to answer it by explaining that…
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