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Article: The Broken Staff: Judaism Through Christian Eyes.
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- Commonweal
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- January 15, 1993
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Among the many things that have been written about the Jews by Christians in the last several decades one passage from the decree Nostra aetate of Vatican 11 stands out in my mind: "The Church...cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament through the people with whom God in his inexpressible mercy deigned to establish the Ancient Covenant. Nor can she forget that she draws sustenance from the root of that good olive tree onto which have been grafted the wild olive branches of the Gentiles." What is remarkable about this passage is the use of the present tense in the phrase "she draws sustenance" from the domesticated olive tree. Of course the words ...
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