The first part of the article presents the basic guidelines for the Jewish-Christian
dialogue in the Declaration Nostra aetate (NA 4) of the Second Vatican Council on the 55th
anniversary of its publication. The second part summarizes the areas in which interreligious
dialogue has developed the most in Europe and some contents that have marked it. The third
part connects the declaration with the Apostolic Constitution Veritatis gaudium (VG foreword
4). It lists four criteria for the renewal of theological studies: kerygma, wide-ranging dialogue,
inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches, and networking, which have opened
new horizons in the past years and inspired further steps on the path of Jewish-Christian
dialogue, mutual knowledge, and cooperation in the service of contemporary man.
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