Bishop Athanasius Schneider.
Credo: Compendium of the Catholic Faith. 2023:
204. Is Judaism a source of sanctifying grace and salvation for its adherents?No. Even in the time before Christ, no one was saved by works of the Old Law, but only by faith in the coming Redeemer. This Law, with its precepts and ceremonies, was fulfilled and surpassed by the New Covenant in Jesus Christ (see Rom 3:28; and Gal 2:16).
205. What of John 4:22, where Our Lord says: "Salvation is from the Jews”?Jesus Christ is Himself the fulfillment of this prophecy, whereas contemporary Judaism, also called Talmudic or Rabbinic Judaism — without temple, priesthood, or sacrifice — is not the same religion that God established in the Old Testament. Rejecting the true Messiah, the Old Law has thus become “both dead and deadly."
206. What of Romans 11:29: "The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable”?St. Paul speaks here of God’s abiding love for the Jews, foretelling their conversion to Christ before the end …
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