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People always tell me that Jesus was a Jew. But if Jesus followed his own teachings, wouldn't that make him a Christian? Was Jesus Catholic?
I supppose this is a strange question.
The word "Jew" has a double meaning. Some people consider it a "race," or what in Latin would be known as a "gens." Other people consider it a religion. Most Jews in the first sense are not Jews in the second sense. Christ Himself said that He was bringing the New (non-Jewish) Covenant.
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A traditional Catholic priest, who provides forthright answers to questions FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADITIONAL CATHOLICISM (not the New Order) on topics pertaining to TRADITIONAL Roman Catholicism, including theology, the Bible, Church history, the Latin language, liturgy (especially the Traditional Latin Mass), and music (especially Gregorian chant), and current events in the Catholic Church.
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