Are Catholics allowed to evangelize to Jewish people/Those in Judaism?

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Of course, they have the right to know the fullness of Faith.
 
Of course they are allowed to do so. Should they? That is another issue. Personally, as a Jew, I think not.
 
I agree with our dear friend Meltzerboy. I feel strongly that since we come from the same place, spiritually speaking, in history, that they should be respected. That’s just me, I love speaking to people about the faith, and I am a RCIA Director, so I do it all the time. But my dreams of converting Meltzeboy are just that dreams. I have no doubt we will meet up in heaven.
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I agree that Jewish people should be accorded profound respect, and my Christian friends need to tread with extreme caution around the issue given the history between us. I talk about my faith when appropriate with anyone who is interested in it, and sometimes that may well be a Jewish person. But I am not a ‘soul winning’ type, so I just trust in God’s mercy for whomever I may speak to and leave it at that. Hopefully with a friendlier accord between us after the conversation! 🙂
 
I certainly hope we do meet in heaven, Clare! First, there’s more work for all of us to do here, making the world a better place for everyone regardless of our differences in faith.
 
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I certainly hope we do meet in heaven, Clare! First, there’s more work for all of us to do here, making the world a better place for everyone regardless of our differences in faith.
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I’m glad you’re back. I had thought you were among those gone forever.

Shalom,
Stephie
 
Of course we are, what we are not allowed to do to anyone is proselytise. Although, he’s not Jewish by religion my Saudi friend is of Jewish descent, via his yemeni mother. He and I talk about the differences between Christianity and Islam all the time, this is how I evangelise him, this is how I witness to him. There’s no reason a Christian could not do the same with Jews. Just don’t try to force it on them, I think that’s where you have a problem. People should be free to accept or reject the gospel. You know, evangelisation doesn’t mean not having respect. I think this is a big place where people fail. Christians and Jews have a lot in common, so you already have some common ground to talk to them.
 
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Why not?
The New Testament shows Jews being converted. There were no regrets about this.
 I agree that people of other religions should be shown respect. But conversion as in
such a case can be a matter of helping someone good be better off.
 
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The Jewish people aren’t above or below anybody else, you too ought to hear the fullness of the truth, which is possessed in the Christian faith. The Church is the continuation of Israel.
 
We’re allowed to do it and the Jewish person, like any faithful adherent of another faith, is allowed to tell us to kindly buzz off.
 
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Of course they are allowed to do so. Should they? That is another issue. Personally, as a Jew, I think not.
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There was nearby convent of nuns, Sisters of Zion, who dedicated their lives tp praying for the conversion of the Jews.

When I was quite young I happened to mention that to a Jewish friend, who understandably was highly offended.
"How dare they!: she exclaimed angrily.
That gave me a new perspective.
As Christians though, considering that the conversion of Jews was Christ’s desire, we may be obliged to, while, respecting our Jewish friends desire and choice not to convert to Christianity.
 
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They need to know about Jesus, sadly we have too many people out there afraid to offend the Jews by telling them they can only be saved through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ps. I find it really weird that everyone but the Catholics are saved (that’s what the Catechism teaches), but yet somehow the Jews and Muslims are saved automatically - last I checked that’s not quite how it works. It’s a long story, I do believe there’s a remnant of true Jews that are / will be saved, the Bible said God had to blind them in a sense make them not accept Jesus so that we the Gentiles could fully come in.

At the end of the day we all need Jesus, so I see no problem with converting the Jews because quite frankly I’m not a mind reader I can’t tell who is a real Jews vs the false Jews / synagogue of satan Christ mentions in Revelations i believe? Anyway, people need the Lord so that’s how I feel about all this.
 
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Allowed? Of course. We should evangelize everyone we can. What we need to remember is that it’s not appropriate all the time. There’s a time for evangelization, and at work, for example, isn’t one of them.
 
I come from Malaysia, which is a declared Islamic nation, and the Christian population is around 2%. As Christians here (immaterial of denomination), there was a problem to evangelize because every plot of us evangelizing looks like a “Christianization” scheme to convert the majority (more than 60%) of Muslims, when actually we are just practicing our faith.

I think as Catholics, we are meant to spread our faith universally, despite of race or religion, because at the end of the day, our lives should be this voice of evangelization, and evangelization is only an offer to accept Jesus, not our role to force our brothers and sisters of different faiths.

If we can evangelize to anyone of faiths such as Buddhism and Islamism, there shouldn’t be a different standard. We are all the same after all in the eyes of God.
 
To evangelize is to stand and be a witness to the truth as we have had it proclaimed to us by Jesus. Live a life of charity, justice, empathy, truth, and Christian kindness. If someone (of any faith or lack of faith) asks from where you find those foundations of your life, speak the Christian message firmly with charity and kindness. Be inclusive and the poster who said don’t proselytize was spot on. Example is the best form of evangelization.
 
Yes. We have an obligation from Our Lord Himself to “make disciples of all nations”.
 
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Yes. We are called to convert the world. Jews, Protestants, everyone.
 
I believe it was Pope John Paul II who referred to our Jewish brethren as “our elder brothers in faith” And I believe a reference was made that God would not forget his Chosen People.

Yes we Catholics (and other Christians) believe that salvation is only through Christ, but how the Lord is going to work that out for non-Christians is in His mind and His way. And that we don’t know the details. Words like there is no salvation except through the RCC are inflammatory and do nothing to show the kindness and inclusion Jesus showed. We say often "He died for all’ on the cross. All, everybody.

One other thought. In the incident with the young man who asked, “What must I do to have eternal life?” Jesus’ reply was 'Obey the Commandments." PERIOD.!! Yes the dialogue continues, but our Lord said that to obey the Law given to Moses on Sinai is the way to eternal life. I think he was talking to everyone. Don’t you??
 
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To believe that Jesus Christ is the Jewish Messiah, and that Catholicism is the fulfillment of Biblical Judaism, but yet to hide that from Jewish people and refuse to tell them? Hm.
 
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