{"id":25516,"date":"2017-11-15T20:11:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T01:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=25516"},"modified":"2017-11-15T20:40:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T01:40:42","slug":"anglican-church-of-canada-considering-deleting-prayer-for-conversion-of-the-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-considering-deleting-prayer-for-conversion-of-the-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada considering deleting prayer for conversion of the Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was in Israel a few year ago, I visited the garden tomb, a place that may have temporarily housed Jesus\u2019 body after the crucifixion.<\/p>\n

The garden was managed by Messianic Jews who believe Jesus is the Messiah. As a result, Jesus\u2019 tomb had this plaque inside:<\/p>\n

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Here is one of the guides who made the most of his time talking to us by telling us that Jesus is his risen Lord:<\/p>\n

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Now, in a rather odd move, the Anglican Church of Canada has before it a motion<\/a> to remove from the prayer book a prayer for the salvation of the Jews. To me it seems a thoroughly unloving \u2013 in a way almost anti-Semitic \u2013 thing to do. If Jesus is the only way to the Father, the only means of our redemption, the only way ridding ourselves of sin and avoiding judgement and hell, then to refuse to pray for the eyes of a people to be opened to this seems, at the very least, callous, if not downright sinister.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the motion is being proposed after \u201csubstantial years-long theological reflection and dialogue\u201d and in the interests of \u201cinterfaith relationships\u2019, neither of which ever lead to anything useful.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m almost tempted to conclude that the Anglican Church of Canada no longer believes that Jesus is the only way to the Father; come to think of it, the ACoC no longer believes there even\u00a0is<\/em> a \u201cFather\u201d, only an impersonal \u201cCreator\u201d.<\/p>\n

Here is the prayer that is to be expunged:<\/p>\n

O God, who didst choose Israel to be thine inheritance: Look, we beseech thee, upon thine ancient people; open their hearts that they may see and confess the Lord Jesus to be thy Son and their true Messiah, and, believing, they may have life through his Name. Take away all pride and prejudice in us that may hinder their understanding of the Gospel, and hasten the time when all Israel shall be saved; through the merits of the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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