--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> 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."
Yeah, but I'm talking about doctrine, not tradition.