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New York (JTA) — The Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church in
America — the largest branch of
the Lutheran church in the Unit-
ed States — has formally reject-
ed the anti-Semitic writings of
the movement's founder, Martin
Luther.
Though never incorporated
into official Lutheran doctrine,
Luther's 16th century anti-Jew-
ish diatribes have long been used
by right-wing groups eager to
give historical and religious jus-
tification to their anti-Semitic
claims.
In "The Declaration of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America to the Jewish Commu-
nity," the movement's Church
Council wrote that their mem-
bers feel a "special burden" be-
cause of "catastrophes, including
the Holocaust of the 20th centu-
ry, suffered by Jews in places
where the Lutheran churches
were strongly represented."
"Grieving the complicity of our
own tradition within this history
of hatred," the declaration con-
tinued, "we express our urgent
desire to live out our faith in Je-
sus Christ with love and respect
for the Jewish people."
The April 18 declaration was
issued in conjunction with the
Lutheran World Federation, the
movement's international arm.
In his 1543 treatise, "On the
Jews and Their Lies," Luther de-
scribed Jews as dishonest hea-
thens, encouraging German civil
authorities to confiscate their
prayerbooks and burn down their
synagogues and homes.
"In terms of the mythology of
anti-Semitism," said Marc Ca-
plan, research analyst for the
Anti-Defamation League, "this is
one of the essential works."
During World War II, Luther's
anti-Semitic teachings were in-
corporated into Nazi propagan-
da, with only a minority of the
Lutheran clergy objecting.
Luther's teachings have long
been circulated among the anti-
Semitic literature of white su-
premacist and neo-Nazi groups.
Most recently, the Nation of Is-
lam, the militant Black Muslim
group, was selling excerpts from
the 1543 treatise along with the
notorious anti-Semitic tract, 'The
Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
But Lutheran leaders said
they were moved to distance
themselves formally from
Luther's teachings on Jews be-
cause of anti-Semitic statements
by Luther featured prominently
at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington. []
They shall sit every man
under his vine and under his
fig tree, and none shall make
them afraid.
Bible