okay, call him an exCatholic priest who demonstrated exceptional wickedness. Both Luther and Hitler proved to be rebellious, ex-communicated Catholics who shared a common, ancient, hatred of the Jews you can source to the serpent in Genesis or dragon in Revelation. They led millions who invoked, and millions more who still invoke, their names in solidarity with their AntiSemitism.
And just how many corpses did THEY dig up and chop their fingers off?
Wickedness forgiven by the blood of Christ.
ex-communicated Catholics who shared a common, ancient, hatred of the Jews you can source to the serpent in Genesis or dragon in Revelation. They led millions who invoked, and millions more who still invoke, their names in solidarity with their AntiSemitism.
And the non excommunicated Catholic leaders and Popes who engaged in the same sin, did they lead any to solidarity in anti-Semitism, or is your indignation solely for the excommunicated? The popes referenced, did they inspire others or were they just an anomaly when they drove Jews from their homes, imposed taxes similar to the Muslim jizya, in their persecution of Jews? How about today "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims;" the muslims over the Jews? Seems anti Jewish.
Do Muslims worship the same God?.
Just a blog, but a favorite son of the Catholics. Catechism puts Muslims in front of Jews and other Christians (not that the Christians care what the Catholic catechism says)but dogging on the Jews seems a little oh I don't know; anti Jewish. After all, the Jewish Catholics had written the OT seems discriminatory to put them behind the Muslims.
You never did give me an answer to the question 'when will the Catholic church be shed of it?' (anti-semitism)
Did he hold a candle to these guys?
Top 10 Most Wicked Popes
http://listverse.com/2007/08/17/top-10-most-wicked-popes/
1. Liberius, reigned 352-66 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
2. Honorius I, reigned 625-638 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
3. Stephen VI, reigned 896-89 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
4. John XII, reigned 955-964 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
5. Benedict IX, reigned 1032-1048 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
6. Boniface VIII, reigned 1294-1303 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
7. Urban VI, reigned 1378-1389 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
8. Alexander VI, reigned 1492-1503 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
9. Leo X, reigned 1513-1521 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
10. Clement VII, reigned 1523-1524 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
Top 10 Worst Popes in History
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-popes-in-history.php
1. Pope Alexander VI (1431 – 1503)
2. Pope John XII (c. 937 – 964)
3. Pope Benedict IX (c. 1012 – 1065/85)
4. Pope Sergius III (? – 911)
5. Pope Stephen VI (? – 897)
6. Pope Julius III (1487 – 1555)
7. Pope Urban II (ca. 1035 – 1099)
8. Pope Clement VI (1291 – 1352)
9. Pope Leo X (1475 – 1521)
10. Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 – 1303)
Luther hated those who did not agree to his theological ways. He railed against those who followed Judaism who were not convinced by his teachings to become Christian. He railed against Catholics and against followers of Zwingli etc for the same reason
But Luther did not hate the Jew who converted. he did not have any racial hatred
hitler on the other hand had (false) race theories that meant that even one drop of Jewish blood made you hate-worthy.
QUITE different.
The Nazi's "racial purity" laws were insane -- he promoted "Aryans" but slaughtered gypsies and Poles. He took Luther's diatribe against a religious group that would not convert to Luther's ways and made it about a race.
Luther would be appalled at Hitler and write diatribes against him and the Nutzis I bet.
sorry, no. Hitler's hatred of Jews was racial, not religious. Luther's was of followers of a religion, not a race
Quite different
Also, i do not associate Luther with anti-semitism as his earlier tracts about them are quite kind, when he thought he could convert them by the power of his words.
Luther was a mercurial person and his words vary over time