Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions issued by the Second Vatican Council in 1965, is the Catholic Church's own conciliar document reversing centuries of church teaching that held Jewish people collectively responsible for Christ's death and affirming instead that God does not repent of the gifts and the calling once given. As an official act of an ecumenical council, it is the direct and authoritative record of the Catholic Church's own stated position on this question from that date forward. Its limit is that it states what the Church teaches rather than offering an independent historical account of the centuries of teaching and practice it was itself correcting, which a secular history of Christian antisemitism addresses on its own terms.
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Nostra Aetate, the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions issued by the Second Vatican Council in 1965, the top tier reflecting the Catholic Church's own conciliar act and so the direct and authoritative record of the Church's own stated position on this question from that date forward. Its limit is that it states what the Church teaches rather than offering an independent historical account of the centuries of teaching and practice it was itself correcting, which a secular history of Christian antisemitism addresses on its own terms. NotesRejected the charge of collective Jewish guilt and affirmed that God does not repent of his gifts and call.
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Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodySecond Vatican Council
Custodian BasisA declaration of an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church in its own name. Authoritative for the Church own stated relation to other religions.
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AuthorSecond Vatican Council
Publication Year1965
Source TypePrimary document
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- Councils and Synods, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Deities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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