Are the Catholic and Jewish religions identical?
2. His first frontal attack concerns a phrase of Cardinal Ratzinger that I cited and commented upon in my column. This is the phrase: The Jewish faith for us is not another religion, but the foundation of our own faith. In his attack, Mr. Davies makes several minor charges as well: A. he asks that I cite the correct context of the phrase a light insinuation that I deceived my readers. B. Further on, he comments: If he [speaking of me] is suggesting that His Eminence believes that the Catholic and the Jewish religions are identical, I can only describe such a suggestion as ludicrous. C. Then he affirms that because the Jewish religion does not have Baptism, it cannot contain heresies, as I wrote in my column. Finally, he expresses his enthusiastic support of Ratzingers statement and tries to demonstrate its veracity. For the sake of clarity, I will respond to each part separately. A. The context. I took Ratzingers quote from a CNS dispatch published by the well-informed L.A. weekly The
