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The result of <strong>the</strong>se anti-Jewish teachings continued onwards<br />

throughout Church history, manifesting in such events and<br />

actions as <strong>the</strong> Crusades, <strong>the</strong> accusation of communion host<br />

desecration and blood libel by <strong>the</strong> Jews, <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>ced wearing of<br />

distinguishing marks to ostracize <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong> Inquisition, <strong>the</strong><br />

displacement of whole Jewish communities by exile or<br />

separate ghettoes, <strong>the</strong> destruction of synagogues and Jewish<br />

books, physical persecution and execution, and <strong>the</strong> Pogroms.<br />

Ultimately, <strong>the</strong> seeds of destruction grew to epic proportions,<br />

culminating in <strong>the</strong> Holocaust, which occurred in "Christian"<br />

Europe. Protestant and Evangelical Christianity has been<br />

fur<strong>the</strong>r infected with Replacement Theology and Anti<br />

Semitism through Martin Lu<strong>the</strong>r<br />

Martin Lu<strong>the</strong>r<br />

Although Lu<strong>the</strong>r did not invent anti-Jewishness, he promoted<br />

it to a level never be<strong>for</strong>e seen in Europe. Lu<strong>the</strong>r bore <strong>the</strong><br />

influence of his upbringing from anti-Jewish <strong>the</strong>ologians such<br />

as Lyra, Burgensis (and John Chrysostom, be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>the</strong>m). But<br />

Lu<strong>the</strong>r's 1543 book "On <strong>the</strong> Jews and <strong>the</strong>ir lies" took Jewish<br />

hatred to a new level when he proposed to set fire to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

synagogues and schools, to take away <strong>the</strong>ir homes, <strong>for</strong>bade<br />

<strong>the</strong>m to pray or teach, or even to utter God's name. Lu<strong>the</strong>r<br />

wanted to "be rid of <strong>the</strong>m" and requested that <strong>the</strong> government<br />

and ministers deal with <strong>the</strong> problem. He requested pastors<br />

and preachers to follow his example of issuing warnings<br />

against <strong>the</strong> Jews. He goes so far as to claim that, "We are at<br />

fault in not slaying <strong>the</strong>m" <strong>for</strong> avenging <strong>the</strong> death of Jesus<br />

Christ. Hitler's Nazi government in <strong>the</strong> 1930s and 40s fit<br />

Lu<strong>the</strong>r's desires to a tee.<br />

Martin Lu<strong>the</strong>r ‘On <strong>the</strong> Jews and <strong>the</strong>ir Lies' Chapter 15<br />

The following is an excerpt from Martin Lu<strong>the</strong>r’s book “On <strong>the</strong><br />

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