Catholic? should we be jewish?

[daithi]

A Question for all…

Jesus the man was of course was jewish, so why do we not follow and support the jewish faith? how can we go from the original followings of jesus to a faith made by man?

Many thanks.

 

[Della]

daithi:

A Question for all…

Jesus the man was of course was jewish, so why do we not follow and support the jewish faith? how can we go from the original followings of jesus to a faith made by man?

Many thanks.

I think you need to re-read the Gospels if you think this. Truly, I do.

 

[Nicene]

Or re-read Paul onto what tree we have been grafted.

Peace and God Bless
Nicene

 

[stanmaxkolbe]

To me the completeness of Judaism is to become Catholic [Jesus founded the Church] and follow the Messiah our Lord Jesus Christ. :bowdown:

 

[Fredricks]

daithi:

A Question for all…

Jesus the man was of course was jewish, so why do we not follow and support the jewish faith? how can we go from the original followings of jesus to a faith made by man?

Many thanks.

This is a very good question. Shortly after Jesus was resurrected, the great Apostle Peter had a vision from God(in the book of Acts):

*Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Act 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Act 10:36 The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all) *

God had not just sent Jesus for the Lost Sheep of Israel, Gentiles were also included(grafted as someone else pointed out) in the redemptive work of the one true God.

After this, a meeting was held in Jerusalem to deal with which part of God’s law was applicable to the new gentile believers.
After the council meeting, James, the Bishop of Jerusalem, declared:

*Act 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.

Act 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day*.

Your question about a man is interesting. We do not believe that Jesus is a mere man but the son of God, who was raised from the dead. Jesus taught quite a bit about this particular area you are asking about. If you have further specific questions, please post them or PM me. I have many friends who are Jewish and now worship God in messianic congregations, and also know many skeptics who have found a joy that has been missing from their lives because of their acceptance of Christ as Lord of their lives.

I am hopeful that you are a believer in the one true God and are curious about why we believe what we do.

Take care
Fredricks

 

[MariaGorettiGrl]

The Jewish faith includes the belief that a Messiah will come and show us the way and bring us salvation. The people who became Catholic believed Jesus to be that Messiah and followed into the new church He created. The people who didn’t believe Jesus was the Messiah continued on and even now wait for the Messiah and His salvation.

After God has sent His Messiah, what good would a religion of waiting for the Messiah be to us? He already came and saved us! gopray2: Praise be to God! ) That’s why before He left, He started a new church that waits now for the SECOND coming of our Savior.

So, to be Jewish would be to reject that Jesus Christ was the true Messiah and if you’re Catholic, you accept Jesus as the Messiah. So, it’s no longer a matter of doing what Jesus did before He made His new church, but of accepting His word and not thinking He was lying when He said He was the Son of God, the Messiah.

 

[Eden]

Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism. God promised the Jews a Messiah "and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth” (Jn. 1:1,14).

 

[rwoehmke]

Fredricks:

This is a very good question. God had not just sent Jesus for the Lost Sheep of Israel, Gentiles were also included(grafted as someone else pointed out) in the redemptive work of the one true God.

After this, a meeting was held in Jerusalem to deal with which part of God’s law was applicable to the new gentile believers.
After the council meeting, James, the Bishop of Jerusalem, declared:

*Act 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.

Take care
Fredricks*
Just before James speaks in Acts 15, it is Peter who makes the final decision. One of the earlier papal pronouncements.

It was Paul who raised the question that came before the Council at Jerusalem because he realized that it was not keeping the Mosiac Law that justified one, but that it was Jesus who justified us by dying on the cross. The majority of the Mosaic Law became superfulous. In other respects a lot of Catholic Christian actions and teachings have their roots in Judiac beliefs and rituals. We have moved on to the New Covenant in Jesus Christ.

 

[VociMike]

No, Jews should become Catholic. It is the fulfillment of the Jewish faith.

 

[Liberian]

daithi:

A Question for all…

Jesus the man was of course was jewish, so why do we not follow and support the jewish faith? how can we go from the original followings of jesus to a faith made by man?

Many thanks.

Daithi,

Hello and welcome to the Catholic Answers Forums. I hope you have a blesses and an uplifting time here.

Jesus was indeed Jewish, but He said specifically that He was going to build a church. And in fact, after Pentecost, Judaism effectively schismed into those Jews who accepted Jesus and those who rejected Jesus. The Jews who accepted Jesus also accepted Gentiles into their number, and so culturally they became less “Jewish;” those who rejected Jesus kept their ethnic and cultural identity more.

Your wording of “a faith made by man” is something of a misnomer. The teachings of the Catholic Church are not “made by man;” they are echoes of what the Church has heard from God.

• Liberian

 

[JimG]

As Catholics, we are Jewish. We are the completion and fulfillment of Judaism.

 

[JimG]

This article might be useful.

You would have been hard pressed, in our Lord’s day, to find anyone—Jew or Gentile—who did not look upon Christians as Jews who had formed a new sect within Judaism. Christianity was Jewish. Its followers were not converts; they were Jews who had done what Jews had been waiting to do for 2,000 years: welcome their Messiah, the long-expected hope of Israel.