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Ask JTF for Sunday, July 17, 2011
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Dear Chaim,
Sorry I haven't been asking too many questions lately to contribute to the program, I've been very busy.
My question for this week is: Please explain to our listeners the position of the Roman Catholic Church vis a vis Jerusalem and the Israeli ownership of Jerusalem. How did the Vatican respond to Israel's conquest and reunification of the holy city of Jerusalem in the 1967 war, and how do they respond today to the prospects of Israeli control over holy sites there? Has anything changed in 40+ or 60+ years? What were the political considerations taken by the vatican in forming this view, and in addition, isn't it true that certain theological grounds were strongly driving their refusal to allow Jews to control Jerusalem? Wasn't replacement theology a big part of that?
Now that the church officially rejects replacement theology (to my knowledge anyway - I could be wrong), why do they nonetheless retain their point of view on this matter?
Thank you and God bless you and the JTF.
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