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To: Dr. Eckleburg
The thing that has has me curious in everything I have read on the subject - giving the Vatican the benefit of the doubt - why would the Catholic Church be intimidated at all by Hitler, the Nazis, indeed any thing in this mortal life?

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. - I John 4:4

To God be the glory!

808 posted on 03/16/2008 9:40:13 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl; Quix; the_conscience; blue-duncan; wmfights; Marysecretary; ConservativeMind; xzins; ...
The thing that has has me curious in everything I have read on the subject - giving the Vatican the benefit of the doubt - why would the Catholic Church be intimidated at all by Hitler, the Nazis, indeed any thing in this mortal life?

That's an excellent question, especially since it's asked of a religious leader of millions. Here's a line from another book (which I haven't read nor own) that seems to ask the same question you do...

From "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945" by Saul Friedlander:

"If the Catholic Church is merely considered as a political institution that has to calculate the outcome of its decisions in terms of instrumental rationality, then Pius's choice may be deemed reasonable in view of the risks entailed.

If, however, the Catholic Church also represents a moral stand, as it claims, mainly in moments of major crisis, and thus has to move on such occasions from the level of institutional interests to that of moral witnessing, then of course Pius's choice should be assessed differently."


833 posted on 03/17/2008 9:13:02 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg
... why would the Catholic Church be intimidated at all by Hitler, the Nazis, indeed any thing in this mortal life?

Not that excuses an individuals shortcomings, but did any Christian Churches really step up to stop the Nazis?

850 posted on 03/17/2008 10:37:29 AM PDT by wmfights (Believe - THE GOSPEL - and be saved)
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