Let the government deal with them in this respect, as I have suggested. However, the devil is the god of the world, and wherever God’s word is absent he has an easy task, not only with the weak but also with the strong. For it is not fitting that they should let us accursed Goyim toil in the sweat of our faces while they, the holy people, idle away their time behind the stove, feasting and farting, and on top of all, boasting blasphemously of their lordship over the Christians by means of our sweat. [9] Luther wrote that they are "full of the devil's feces ... which they wallow in like swine",[10] and the synagogue is an "incorrigible whore and an evil slut". Russell Briese, "Martin Luther and the Jews", Martin Luther, "That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew", trans. UN World Conference against Racism. Luther's first known comment about Jewish people is in a letter written to Reverend Spalatin in 1514: Conversion of the Jews will be the work of God alone operating from within, and not of man working – or rather playing – from without. With prayer and the fear of God we must practice a sharp mercy to see whether we might save at least a few from the glowing flames. They have dealt with the Jews as if they were dogs rather than human beings; they have done little else than deride them and seize their property. May God help us. (remainder omitted). [16], The tract specifically acknowledges that many early Christians, including prominent ones, had a Judaic background. But what will happen even if we do burn down the Jews’ synagogues and forbid them publicly to praise God, to pray, to teach, to utter God’s name? Given that the Jewish holiday Passover begins on Saturday, March 27, 2021, many Jews around the world are spending this week shopping for groceries and supplies. [18] For Luther, salvation depended on the belief Jesus was Son of God, a belief that adherents of Judaism do not share. At the beginning of his career, Martin Luther was apparently sympathetic to Jewish resistance to the Catholic Church. But if we, now that we are informed, were to protect and shield such a house for the Jews, existing right before our very nose, in which they lie about, blaspheme, curse, vilify, and defame Christ and us (as was heard above), it would be the same as if we were doing all this and even worse ourselves, as we very well know. Following the exposition, Section XI of the treatise advises Protestants to carry out seven remedial actions, namely:[12], Luther's essay consistently distinguishes between Jews who accept Christianity (with whom he has no issues) and Jews who practise Judaism (whom he excoriates viciously). (...remainder omitted). It has to distance itself from every [expression of] anti-Judaism in Lutheran theology. The book also repeats classic anti-Semitic lies that Jews have taken control of Western media and culture, exploited their home societies, and aligned themselves with Christians to destroy Islam.” ( Saudi High School Textbook Preaches Hate , Dec. 8, 2011) They surely do not know what they are doing; moreover, as people possessed, they do not wish to know it, hear it, or learn it. Luther used violent and vulgar language throughout his career. 268-293. Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts? Rather he felt that Jews were to be treated in a "friendly way" in order to avoid placing unnecessary obstacles in their path to Christian conversion, a genuine concern of Luther. May Christ, our dear Lord, convert them mercifully and preserve us steadfastly and immovably in the knowledge of him, which is eternal life. Amen. 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