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To: ebb tide
Please note that at this point, Evangelium Gaudium is alluding directly to Scripture:

Romans 11:28-29
"In respect to the gospel, they [the Jews] are enemies on your account; but in respect to election, they are beloved because of the patriarchs. For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable."

Because of this reference to the "patriarchs" I would say Evangelium Gaudium is referring to the Abrahamic covenant, not necessarily the Mosaic.

Always important to look at the actual words.

79 posted on 05/24/2016 7:56:24 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("It's like deva-vu all over again." - Yogi Berra)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Yes, It is always important to look at words and not to parse them. And I find it quite interesting that you did not post the preceding sentence in your Romans’ quote:

[26] And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. [27] And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.


82 posted on 05/24/2016 8:07:14 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

More from Romans 11:

“[6] And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. [7] What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded. [8] As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day. [9] And David saith: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them. [10] Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.”


84 posted on 05/24/2016 8:18:25 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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