--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 2/20/07 9:31:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, > > jstein@ writes: > > > > It was a *huge* surprise to me that Luther had such a negative > > > attitude towards Jews! > > > > Yeah, it's pretty embarrassing for Protestants. > > > > But Martin Luther was taught the Replacement Theology by the > > Catholic Church who was responsible for the anti Semitism > > of his day. The Catholic church murdered Jews in the Crusades > > and on through the Spanish Inquisition where they also > > confiscated the wealth of Jews who were alive and even put on > > trial dead Jews. > > Sure, but Protestants would like to think Luther > restored the authenticity to Christianity that the > Catholic Church had mangled. That he *perpetuated* > the mangling in this case is what's so embarrassing. >
ALL Christian sects mangle parts of the tradition. The Sabbath is supposed to be held at the same time the Jews observe it, hence the reason why all Romance languages (as far as I know) call Saturday "Sabbath Day."
