Letter
Bishops' Letter to Rabbis on Reflections on Covenant and Mission (2009)
U.S. Bishops' Letter to Rabbis from the Rabbinical Council of America, American Jewish Committee, Orthodox Union, Anti-Defamation League, and the National Council of Synagogues, October 2, 2009
"Thank you for your letter of August 18, 2009 that expresses your important concerns over points found in "A Note on Ambiguities Contained in Reflections on Covenant and Mission," issued jointly this year by the Committee on Doctrine and the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. We are grateful for your letter, because it has given us an opp01iunity to develop more fully shared understandings even of our most critical differences.
To that end, we have composed a Statement of six points that explain briefly the teaching of the Catholic Church on our relationship to the Jewish people and what we as Catholics intend by interreligious dialogue. We hope that these six points can help to form the basis of future conversation with you and our other Jewish colleagues about the relationships that God has with his people, and also about the character of dialogue as an exchange between communities that respect and honor one another's identities."