Was Martin Luther a Saint for the Protestant Movement ? He advocated Genocide for Non Christians ?

Question

St. Gregory: “ Jews are slayers of the Lord, murderers of the prophets, enemies of God, haters of God, adversaries of grace, enemies of their fathers’ faith, advocates of the devil, brood of vipers, slanderers, scoffers, men of darkened minds, leaven of the Pharisees, congregation of demons, sinners, wicked men, stoners and haters of goodness.”

St. Jerome: “....serpents, haters of all men, their image is Judas ... their psalms and prayers are the braying of donkeys..”

St. John Chrysostom: “I know that many people hold a high regard for the Jews and consider their way of life worthy of respect at the present time... This is why I am hurrying to pull up this fatal notion by the roots ... A place where a whore stands on display is a whorehouse. What is more, the synagogue is not only a whorehouse and a theater; it is also a den of thieves and a haunt of wild animals ... not the cave of a wild animal merely, but of an unclean wild animal ... When animals are unfit for work, they are marked for slaughter, and this is the very thing which the Jews have experienced. By making themselves unfit for work, they have become ready for slaughter. This is why Christ said: “as for my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me’ (Luke 19.27).”

St. Augustine: “Judaism is a corruption. Indeed Judas is the image of the Jewish people. Their understanding of the Scriptures is carnal. They bear the guilt for the death of the saviour, for through their fathers they have killed the Christ.”

St. Thomas Aquinas: “It would be licit to hold Jews, because of the crimes, in perpetual servitude, and therefore the princes may regard the possessions of Jews as belonging to the State.”

The teachings of Martin Luther suggested a genocide as a final solution :

http://www.awitness.org/books/luther/


Martin Luther :

“Know, 0 adored Christ, and make no mistake, that aside from the Devil, you have no enemy more venomous, more desperate, more bitter, than a true Jew who truly seeks to be a Jew... a Jew, a Jewish heart, are hard as wood, as stone, as iron, as the Devil himself. In short, they are children of the Devil, condemned to the flames of hell.”

“O Lord, I am too feeble to mock such devils. I would do so, but they are much stronger than I in raillery, and they have a God who is a past master in this art; He is called the devil and the wicked spirit.. They have transformed God into the devil, or rather into a servant of the Devil, accomplishing all the evil the Devil desires, corrupting unhappy souls , and raging against himself: in short, the Jews are worse than the devils.”

“What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews? First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the honour of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians. Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed. Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayerbooks and talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught. Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.”

“Now whoever wishes to accept venomous serpents, desperate enemies of the lord, and to honor them, to let himself be robbed, pillaged, corrupted and cursed by them, need only turn to the Jews. If this is not enough for him, he can do more: crawl up into their...... and worship the sanctuary, so as to glorify himself afterwards for having been merciful, for having fortified the Devil and his children, in order to blaspheme our beloved lord and the precious blood that has redeemed us. He will then be a perfect Christian, filled with works of mercy, for which Christ will reward him on the-day of judgment with the eternal fire of hell (where he will roast together with the Jews).”

“In truth, the Jews, being foreigners, should possess nothing, and what they do possess should be ours.”

“...Cursed goy that I am, I cannot understand how they manage to be so skillful, unless I think that when Judas Iscariot hanged himself, his guts burst and emptied. Perhaps the Jews sent their servants with plates of silver and pots of gold to gather up Judas’ piss with the other treasures, and then they ate and drank his offal, and thereby acquired eyes so piercing that they discover in the scriptures commentaries that neither Matthew nor Isaiah himself found there, not to mention the rest of us cursed goyim..”

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.”

“I hope I shall never be so stupid as to be circumcised; I would rather cut off the left breast of my Catherine and of all women.”

“If we are to remain unsullied by the blasphemy of the Jews and not wish to take part in it, we must be separated from them and they must be driven out of the country.”


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Answer 1

He was just another religious figure looking for someone to blame the world's ills on.

Answer 2

Luther - great saint of peace - LOL - now that is funny. What was in Hitler's heart - I have no idea. He was a sick, twisted, cruel man, who certainly did not act on the "love thy neighbor" aspect of Christianity. Now, I'm not a Catholic basher, however, Hitler was raised a Catholic, not a Lutheran - how many Lutherans are there in Austria? He was RAISED Catholic, but that does not mean he a) practiced it or b) believed it. Catholics have a less than pleasant view of Martin Luther, therefore, I can't see anything Luther wrote being glorified in Hitler's home as a child. Now, did Luther inspire the Holocaust - NO. Because Luther lived in the 16th century - a time when EVERYONE was anti-Semitic, except for the Jews themselves. It was rampant. Ferdinand and Isabella, the all great leaders of Spain persecuted Jews as well. I'm not excusing Luther's words - but the truth is many people at the time felt the same way he did. He was not alone. It was the norm. Just like 100 years ago, it was the norm that black people weren't as capable as white people - even Abe Lincoln believed that. Even if Luther hadn't written his tracts, Hitler could have found much more support for his twisted ideas. Luther was a product of his time - he is not seen as perfect - hardly. He was angry man at times, prone to fits of rage and depression. It's a good thing we don't worship him. It's also a good thing that Lutherans aren't anti-Semitic nor is it taught in the Lutheran church. Peace!

Answer 3

Hating someone because of their religion can be justified to an extent. We humans tend to judge others by the things theyve done to us.

But burning down their synagogues, is truly an evil act.

And even God waits till were dead to judge us. So lets not judge each other too quickly.

Answer 4

are you trying to prove how even though the entire world has hated and persecuted us Jews for thousands of years we're still here and thriving and that we control the media and all of hollywood and most of the money in the U.S while you christians are still trying to figure out a way to plant the next blood libel.
or are you trying to prove that christianity is a religion filled with hate and scorn who will try any sort of slander to discredit an entire religion
or are you trying to prove that jesus and all of his apostles and all the "saints" were just a bunch of worthless shmucks who made up lies and other sh.it becuase they were powerhungry who.res

well either way you proved all of the above so thanks for playing
i hope you trip and die of cancer

Answer 5

Wow..... grew up Lutheran, but was thankfully never exposed to those quotes and that kind of teaching while young.

Interesting.

Answer 6

What is it with all these people asking the same darn question quoting the near same evidence?
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