[Jacob Kell]

I never defended him. He was VERY wrong when it came to the Jews. I was just stating that the guy was basically the product of his time and environment. Yes, he happened to be one of the more noxious poison pen types with his pamphlet. However, IMO the seed was basically planted before his was born. And Nazi anti-semitism was racial in character-Jews and people of Jewish descent were considered irredeemably inferior genetically. Whearas Luther, if I’m not mistaken, said that Jews who converted to Christianity should be treated like a brother. The Nazis killed Christians of Jewish descent. I like to think that Luther would have been shocked and ashamed if he knew of what the Nazis did.

[Elsie]

I like to think that Luther would have been shocked and ashamed if he knew of what the Nazis did.

Except within the Papal States, the institution of the Inquisition was abolished in the early 19th century, after the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and after the Spanish American wars of independence in the Americas. The institution survived as part of the Roman Curia, but in 1908 was given the new name of "Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office". In 1965 it became the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.^[4]

 

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