Richard Cushing: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Richard James Cushing''' (24 Agustus 1895 - 2 November 1970) adalah seorang pejabat tinggi (''prelatur'') [[Gereja Katolik Roma]] dari [[Amerika Serikat]]. Ia menjadi [[Uskup Agung]] [[Boston]] dari tahun 1944 hingga 1970, dan diangkat menjadi [[kardinal]] dipada tahun 1958.

On June 10, 1939, after Bishop [[Francis Spellman]] was named [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Archbishop of New York]], Cushing was appointed [[auxiliary bishop]] of Boston and [[titulartituler bishop]] of ''Mela'' by [[Pope Pius XII]].<ref name=hierarchy/> He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal]] [[consecration]] on the following June 29 from Cardinal O'Connell, with Bishops [[John Bertram Peterson]] and [[Thomas Addis Emmet]], [[Society of Jesus|SJ]], serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]], at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.<ref name=hierarchy/> He took as his episcopal [[motto]]: ''Ut Cognoscant Te'' ([[Latin]]: "That they may know thee").

At the [[Second Vatican Council]] (1962–1965) Cushing played a vital role in drafting ''[[Nostra Aetate]]'', the document that officially absolved the Jews of [[deicide charge]]. His emotional comments during debates over the drafts were echoed in the final version:

: ''1. We must cast the Declaration on the Jews in a much more positive form, one not so timid, but much more loving ... For the sake of our common heritage we, the children of Abraham according to the spirit, must foster a special reverence and love for the children of Abraham according to the flesh. As children of Adam, they are our kin, as children of Abraham they are Christ's blood relatives. 2. So far as the guilt of Jews in the death of our Saviour is concerned, the rejection of the Messiah by His own, is according to Scripture, a mystery&mdash;amystery—a mystery given us for our instruction, not for our self-exaltation ... We cannot sit in judgement on the onetime leaders of Israel&mdash;GodIsrael—God alone is their judge. Much less can we burden later generations of Jews with any burden of guilt for the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus, for the death of the Saviour of the world, except that universal guilt in which we all have a part ... In clear and unmistakable language, we must deny, therefore, that the Jews are guilty of our Saviour's death. We must condemn especially those who seek to justify, as Christian deeds, discrimination, hatred and even persecution of Jews ... 3. I ask myself, Venerable Brothers, whether we should not humbly acknowledge before the whole world that, toward their Jewish brethren, Christians have all too often not shown themselves as true Christians, as faithful followers of Christ. How many [Jews] have suffered in our own time? How many died because Christians were indifferent and kept silent? ... If in recent years, not many Christian voices were raised against those injustices, at least let ours now be heard in humility.'' <ref>Oesterreicher, pp. 197-98</ref>

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