European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 columns the stars and stripes monday september 21,1987 Church dropping archaic usage when jewish i milers tool in the Vatican with i Hurch Limm to ire pan a joint o be ii cd Ati hi1 Chi i f ii nil l Lity with i pc John 1 jul ii rabbi Myrv l. of the american jewish commit ice noted a surprisingly informal in thei Ullin Lic draft. The document referred to the president of the f omm Ivision for religious with the j cos As Cardinal John should t this read his Eminence John Cardinal Villi Brandv asked the rabbi. Referring o inc Iii. Formal style stemming from the Lime the Nobili by put the Christian name before the title As in Wil Liam. Duke of we Don t do that anymore said Wickbrand cheerfully and into tic historic communique went a couple of references to cardinals using the title before inc firs Nank. The sent Cmunt read on tuesday morning the jewish delegation Mcl with Cardinal Agoslino Casa that was How the Lent appear twin he new York times but the accompanying news Story Clun grimly to. The old ways this morning the jews met Wilt Agoslino Cardinal in some matters inc times thinks in terms of centuries the associated press Stylc Book goes with the new form and most newspapers arc adopting it. There has been no formal decree to change the placement of Cardinal from us i Radii Ion Al use alter inc first name says a spokesman for the National conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. It has become an informal maybe but priests who want to gel in tune with the Liesl Vatican usage will probably take this communique As their keynote. Personally i hate to see inc archaic usage go we have few enough reminders four linguistic heritage but the adoption of the modern form will simplify mailers for those outside the Church who wondered Why so Many Church Lead ers had the same Middle name. An interesting Choice of a verb in the statement suggested i hat men of Good will found an acceptable euphemism to paper Over a problem regarding Hesi Aie of Israel the Cardinal Casaroli stated that while diplomatic relations have not been perfected there do exist Good relations on Many the Vatican has resisted establishing Normal diplomatic relations with the state of Israel perhaps Oul of fear of reprisal against christians in some moslem states. The use of perfected from the latin per ficere tomake Complete. Finish accomplish subtly suggests that the matter is a the process of completion. The decision to put he word in quotation Marks indicates that it was a word used by Cardinal Casaroli thai the jewish leaders wanted directly attributed to him. Sharp eyes Reading the Lext of the communique in the new York times noted that the word slate in slate of Israel was not capitalized n times style one docs not capitalize Hale for example in the state of new York unless the reference is to lire slate s government As in the state of new York s suit against. " was the Vatican trying to slip around recognizing fhe 1 isl Cnoc of Israel s govern Mcnol in its Lack of capitalisation no a tracking of the text Back to the source shows that the stale of Israel was the original Reading with the capital s lost in inc transcription. " was also noted read the communique1, thai nazi ideology was not Only anti semitic but also profoundly demonic and anti Christian demonic is a adjective i hat has special resonance for theologians who take demons seriously a synonym is significant usage the Agenda for the meeting included the Shoa i holocaust Shoah is a hebrew word for catastrophe also described in some hebrew English dictionaries As destruction it was used soon after world War ii to de strike in Atlee pics of Europe s jews. If anybody has Early primed cite ions Send them along in hebrew and yiddish Churdan destruction specifically the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem was often used to describe the death of 6 million. In English the word holocaust from the Creek Bolo Kousios Burnt whole first appeared in the language around 1250, in a biblical son telling the Story of Abraham s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac As a Burnt offering to god. In its application to inc nazi Era the capitalized word was use first in this specific sense in the title of a 1965 Book of memoirs about inc Warsaw ghetto by Alexander Donat the holocaust however the word holocaust even when capitalized to refer to the specific nazi Era has been used to encompass More than the murder of jews. Froin the casualties in our civil War then described As a Holo Caust of lives to the wholesale murder of gypsies in world War ii to later genocide in Cambodia the coverage of the term has nol been limited to any single group hence jews sought a term far their particular tragedy. Shoah. A hebrew word has filled thai need Claude Lunzmann used the word to title his powerful198i documentary a nine hour Oral and visual history of the killing. The Catholic Church s use of Shoah in his context in recent years shows its willingness to acknowledge the uniqueness of jewish suffering. Citing the exodus of the jewish people from Egypt As a the Pope used the word Para Fem in his meeting to show How evil can be overcome in history even inc awesome evil of the some of the jewish leaders took paradigm Model example pattern archetype As a word hey could apply to the aftermath Oil he Pope s reception of Austria s Kurt Waldheim a member of a unit that deported jews to their deaths. These leaders held that out of evil could come Good and saw in the Pope s use of paradigm an oblique hint at what Good could follow the widespread dismay of jews at hat much criticized papal Audi ence. That strikes me As stretching the word a bit. In the phrase holy Sec the word Sec comes fro the latin Sedes seat the holy see is the throne or Seal of Power of catholicism. 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