Jewish-Christian Relations - Catholic Church Documents
Universal Catholic Church Documents
Second Vatican Council, "Nostra Aetate – Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-Christian Religions" (1965). See particularly paragraph 4
Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, “Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate” (n, 4) (1974)
Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, “Notes on the Correct Way to Present Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church” (1985)
Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, We Remember: A reflection on the Shoah (1998)
Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible (2001)
Secretariat of State, Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel (1993)
Local Catholic Church Statements on Jewish-Christian relations
US Bishops, “Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations” (1967)
French Bishops, “Jewish-Christian Relations” (1973)
US Bishops, “Statement on Catholic-Jewish Relations” (1975)
West German Bishops, “The Church and the Jews” (1980)
US Bishops, “Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations” (1985)
Bishops of West Germany, Austria and Berlin, “Accepting the Burden of History” (1988)
US Bishops, God’s Mercy Endures Forever (1988)
Polish Bishops, “Pastoral Letter on Jewish-Catholic Relations” (1991)
Hungarian Bishops and Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary, “Joint Statement on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Holocaust” (1994)
German Bishops, “Relationships with Jews” (1995)
Polish Bishops, “The Victims of Nazi Ideology” (1995)
Dutch Bishops, “Supported by One Root” (1995)
Swiss Bishops, “Role of Switzerland in the Second World War” (1997)
French Bishops, “Declaration of Repentance” (1997)
Italian Bishops, “Letter to the Jewish Community” (1997)
Polish Bishops, “Letter on the Occasion of the Great Jubilee” (2000)
US Bishops, Implementing “We Remember” (2001)
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, “Reflections of the Church in the Holy Land” (2003)
US Bishops, Statement of Principles for Catholic-Jewish Dialogue
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