Bishop Schneider’s CREDO #205

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Father Joe

I suspect that Bishop Schneider would never go out of his way to placate the sensibilities of Jews. Here is another quote from his book, CREDO.

I may be wrong, but his take on the subject seems to depart from the revision in the universal catechism:

“To the Jewish people, whom God first chose to hear his Word, ‘belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ.’”

The USCCB added:

“The clarification reflects the teaching of the Church that all previous covenants that God made with the Jewish people are fulfilled in Jesus Christ through the new covenant established through his sacrificial death on the cross. Catholics believe that the Jewish people continue to live within the truth of the covenant God made with Abraham, and that God continues to be faithful to them.”

Back in 1986, Pope John Paul II visited a Roman synagogue and stated:

“The Church of Christ discovers her ‘bond’ with Judaism by ‘searching into her own mystery’, (cf. Nostra Aetate, ibid.). The Jewish religion is not ‘extrinsic’ to us, but in a certain way is ‘intrinsic’ to our own religion. With Judaism therefore we have a relationship which we do not have with any other religion. You are our dearly beloved brothers and, in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.”