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Originally Posted by Plethon
As regards Jews, there are some heretical leanings in the modern Church that Jews don't need to be baptized and can attain salvation solely through belonging to the supposedly "elect people". But such views haven't been accepted into the Magisterium.
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Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with Jewry:
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This does not mean that Jews in order to be saved have to become Christians; if they follow their own conscience and believe in God’s promises as they understand them in their religious tradition, they are in line with God’s plan, which for us came to its historical completion in Jesus Christ."
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