Second Vatican Council says Jews are saved?

[jmullaney]

In another thread, tomndeb wrote:

The Second Vatican Council also addressed this issue and rejected the idea that Jews were not saved.

Just spinning this off, but I find this statement to be a stretch.

[Jodi]

Did you look around the web, perhaps?

Personally, I love google. I am not a Catholic, and in about five minutes I found the text to the Nostra Aetate, signed by Pope Paul VI in 1965, which explicitly says:

In our time, when day by day mankind is being drawn closer together, and the ties between different peoples are becoming stronger, the Church examines more closely he relationship to non- Christian religions. In her task of promoting unity and love among men, indeed among nations, she considers above all in this declaration what men have in common and what draws them to fellowship. One is the community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race to live over the face of the earth. One also is their final goal, God. His providence, His manifestations of goodness, His saving design extend to all men, until that time when the elect will be united in the Holy City, the city ablaze with the glory of God, where the nations will walk in His light.

My emphasis. I put in “vatican two jewish salvation” in the search engine and got over 3,500 hits, if you want to take a look yourself.

[jmullaney]

Yes, God’s plan of salvation extends to all men. That doesn’t mean all men are saved, that just means they are all part of the plan.

I leave it up to those who would make their claim to defend their position. I don’t have time to read 3500 web pages to find out where they got there info, which I believe to be erroneous.

[manhattan]

Than please feel free to stay out of the factual forums.