What about the crusades & when Martin Luther wrote a book about the Jews?

Question

Yesterday I watched John Hagee & he touched on this.

One act of the crusades was Jewish people trapped in a Synagogue & then building was set on fire. Then the crusaders marched around it in Jesus Name. Obviously there would be no eternal reward from Jesus for this act.
Why would people think this was a Christian thing to do?
Was it because the Pope of Roman Catholics was corrupt & antichrist himself?

Then Martin Luther wrote a book about the Jews that Hitler loved & Hitler reprinted it. It would make you sick to the stomach. But then I can't believe Martin Luther would write this.
Do you think that Hitler changed Martin Luthers book for Hitlers own purposes?

Do you think Hitler altered Martin Luther's book?

Answer 1

LottaLou:

Your question: "Did Hitler alter Martin Luther's book ?

The answer: No, he didn't have to change a word.

"Luther's attitude toward the Jews changed over his life. . . . . In his later period, he denounces them and urges their harsh persecution and even murder."

"In 'On the Jews and Their Lies', written in 1543 three years before his death, Luther recommends that Jews be deprived of money, civil rights, religious teaching, and education, and that they be forced to labor on the land, or else be expelled from Germany and possibly killed."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Jews_and_Their_Lies

This is a direct translated quote from Luther's own writings.

Anti-semitism is hardly a new phenomenon. And, unfortunately, the Christian (Catholic as well as Lutheran) churches have taken part in promulgating hatred of the Jews.

Answer 2

Hagee does not touch on matters, he sits on them. he's slightly naive, however, and interprets issues to examine his desires. it quite is termed Subjectivism, because of the fact of this he's not an objective philosopher. The crusaders that made it to the Holy Land killed anyone they observed, Christian, Islamics, and Jews. One record suggested that the streets of Jerusalem have been ankle deep in blood. Luther's e book against the Jews became into based on the Catholic thought that the Jews had killed Christ, a thought that became into no longer withdrawn till some years in the past - John Paul II, if i'm ideal. So his e book became into no longer something new to Christian thinking. you're able to offer Luther various credit. with out Luther doing that he did in 1517 and something of his life, John Hagee could be a Catholic priest or monk this is thrilling to be conscious that Hagee is a "Christian Zionist," because of the fact of this he helps Israel and in a greater healthy of organic Christian love and situation, he does not think of that the genocidal movements of Israel against the Palestinians is evil in any respect, they might desire to eliminate the Palestinians. however the ten Commandments says "Thou Shalt No Kill" and Christ suggested that we could constantly help people who're in prefer and the Palestinians are in dire prefer.

Answer 3

Hagee does not touch on topics, he sits on them. He is a bit naive, though, and interprets things to suit his needs. That is called Subjectivism, meaning that he is not an objective thinker.



The crusaders that made it to the Holy Land killed everyone they saw, Christian, Islamics, and Jews. One report said that the streets of Jerusalem were ankle deep in blood.



Luther's book against the Jews was based on the Catholic concept that the Jews had killed Christ, a concept that was not withdrawn until a few years ago - John Paul II, if I am right. So his book was nothing new to Christian thinking.



You have to give Luther a lot of credit. Without Luther doing that he did in 1517 and the rest of his life, John Hagee would be a Catholic priest or monk



It is interesting to note that Hagee is a "Christian Zionist," which means that he supports Israel and in a fit of pure Christian love and concern, he does not think that the genocidal actions of Israel against the Palestinians is evil at all, they SHOULD eliminate the Palestinians.



But the 10 Commandments says "Thou Shalt No Kill" and Christ said that we should help those who are in need and the Palestinians are in dire need.

Answer 4

How about the mutilation, killing and torturing of the natives of an entire huge continent by the devout Christians here in the USA. But they didn't stop with the brutal slaughter of many nations, who had been here for 20,000 years, they created the most successful slave trade, which cost by some estimates upwards of 80 Million kids and women being brutally killed in Africa, to get the few strong men needed, to work the Virgina plantations.

Answer 5

the nazi's destroyed many books of the faith and that is

why our faith has been watered down. the same thing

happened during the crusades. the Pope ordered the

destruction of Jewish texts and many artifacts were then

taken to Rome and hidden there. the libraries of Alexandria

were also destroyed and all that ancient wisdom destroyed.

this is happening again. the Qu'ran has been dumbed

down and re-edited often. just as the new bible " The

Message" has been rewritten for modern readers erasing

the meaning of the Gospel.

Martin Luther lived in 1483-1546, so no he didn't condone

Hitler who came in 1930's to power.

Answer 6

If you or I had been alive at the time of the Third Crusade (1189) we would have joined in all the anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic feelings and activities, not because of the Pope but because we thought it was the right thing to do. Remember that at that time everyone went to church regularly, everyone was a devout Christian and took the Bible's messages literally. Not right or wrong, just different to today.



It is not up to the modern world to judge people in the past or make critical decisions about what they did - it is up to historians to record what happened and up to students of history to learn about it, take note of the past and learn from it.



Just like looking at other cultures, it is entirely wrong to pass judgement today on our ancestors; what we must do is live our own lives in the best way we can.

Answer 7

The Crusades were a series of defensive wars against Islamic aggression in the Middle Ages and attempts to recapture the Holy Land from Muslim conquerors in order to allow safe pilgrimage and to protect and maintain the Christian presence there. Jerusalem had been Christian for hundreds of years when Caliph Omar seized it, and following that victory, Muslims warred their way into Egypt, other parts of Africa, Spain, Sicily, and Greece, leaving Christians dead and churches in ruins. They stole lands in the area now known as Turkey, destroying Catholic communities founded by St. Paul himself. They siezed Constantinople -- the "second Rome" -- and threatened the Balkans. They warred their way as far north as Vienna, Austria and Tours, France.





When they [Muslims] had despoiled all the country near to Damascus, they advanced to Jerusalem, took it by storm, and put all the Christians to the sword. The women and girls, having suffered every insult from a brutal disorderly soldiery, were loaded with chains. They destroyed the church of the Holy Sepulchre; and when they found nothing among the living, to glut their rage, they opened the tombs of the Christians, took out the bodies, and burnt them.



Why are Catholics hated for defending Christendom? For the same reasons Christians of all kinds, Protestant or Catholic, are hated in our increasingly secularized world: "I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." (John 17:14) Christianity and its virtues have been under attack since the time of Christ, and even more so since the so-called "Enlightenment." After centuries of attacks on the Catholic Church in "Reformation" circles and the later, consequent rise of secular humanism, moral and cultural relativism, and Marxist political correctness, the Crusades came to be seen and taught as an example of "Western Imperialism" or "Colonialism." Because members of the Church were doing the fighting, Christianity itself (and Catholicism in particular) was slandered as a cause of war. Note how the same people who scream about the Crusades tend to be those who scream about "religion" in general as being at the root of wars, ignoring the fact that atheistic communism and pagan Nazism killed hundreds of millions in the 20th century alone.



All this understood, it must be said that the Popes' noble, reasonable purposes for the war, however, became entangled with the purposes of those with secular interests and more interested in dynastic feuds, economic concerns over Mediterranean trade, or destroying the Eastern Roman Empire. Many "bad guys" jumped onto the Crusade bandwagon and evil was done by some of the Crusaders: the sacking of Constantinople (including the destruction of churches) and the murder of Jews along Crusade routes most definitely took place and are deeply lamentable. There is no excuse for such behaviors except human evil, but this evil was not sanctioned in any way by the Church, in no way reflects on Church teachings or her purposes for the Crusades, and resulted in the excommunication of many Crusaders responsible.