[af_vet_1981]

Luther’s writings on the Jews were abhorrent, but before getting all haughty and spouting off, I caution you to consider the source of Luther’s anti-Semitism. He was a Catholic priest who was educated by Rome and lived in a society dominated by Rome. Moreover, Luther was roughly 34 when he hammered the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Door and only lived to age 62, not near long enough to rid himself of the cultural detritus, superstitions, errors, and heresies it had taken Rome more than a millennia to accumulate.

He spent his last years plotting to persecute the Jews. He wrote down the blueprint for the Holocaust which his countrymen implemented five centuries later. It is abhorrent that he is venerated and highlights the illegitimacy of the Protestant re-formation of the Christian religion.

[redleghunter]

Still hanging your hat on the Luther chronicles? Several times many have presented the fact that the Roman Catholic history with regards to the Jewish people have been equally if not more horrendous.

It’s an exercise in futility IMO. It is as if you are tugging at huge beams in Luther’s eyes while your own church history has some the same size or larger. This is not a very logical approach. If the intent is to ‘impeach’ Luther’s ‘theology’ based on his writings of Jews, then you impeach your own church by their actions. That’s a futile effort if you are trying to make an argument.

Yet here we stand in the 21st century (August 2015). You and I will not be judged according to the words of popes and Luthers or any theologian. We will be sifted either wheat or chaff according to God’s Truth-—not man’s.

[.45 Long Colt]

Believe what you want. Despite his Roman Catholic upbringing, education, and priesthood, God opened his eyes to see the futility of the Roman maze and he helped recover The Gospel, which is “the power of God unto salvation, “ (Romans 1:16). I have significant theological disagreements with Luther, but I recognize his monumental contributions.

Rome’s gospel cannot save, FRiend. Instead of worrying about what an Augustinian monk wrote nearly five centuries ago, perhaps you should worry about understanding how God saves sinners.

These sermons can help anyone who isn’t sure they know and understand both the true and false gospel.

The Gospel
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=84151642388

Unmasking the False Gospel
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1010665821

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He spent his last years plotting to persecute the Jews.

Plotted? Right! At the same time, Popes were EXPELLING Jews from the Papal States. DOING vs SAYING, big difference.

He wrote down the blueprint for the Holocaust

More baloney. But be sure to cite the trustworthy Nazi. In fact, Luther never plotted special clothing markers for Jews, or their deaths. Both of which figured in the Nazis and the Catholic church persecution. Interestingly, the special clothing markers may have originated in Islam. I guess that's why the Catechism of the Catholic church has Catholics and Muslims worshiping the same God, they already have so much in common culturally.