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describes how Hitler used
Luther's teachings.
"Luther is portrayed, quite ac-
curately, as a principal figure in
_,the history of anti-Semitism,"
said Bisjop Hicks.
The Holocaust Museum is
planning an addendum to the
film which will express the
Lutheran Church's new stance,
he said.
According to the Rev. Leon
Rosenthal, the inclusion of
Luther's words in the Holocaust
Memorial film was so compelling
to Lutherans because they "pride
themselves on being 'middle
America.' "
It was at the Rev. Rosenthal's
church that the recent Lutheran
confession service was held.
"There's been a wrestling with
how are we heirs of this man. Do
we accept him in toto to be his fol-
lowers, or is there a legitimate
— way in repentance to reject part
--- of him and accept" other parts of
his message, asked the Rev.
Rosenthal.
The American Lutherans' re-
pudiation of their founder's anti-
Semitism, in a document adopted
on April 18, 1994, states, in part,
"We reject this violent invective,
and more do we express our deep
and abiding sorrow over its trag-
is effects on subsequent genera-
tions.
"Grieving the complicity of our
own tradition within this history
of hatred, moreover, we express
our urgent desire to live out our
faith in Jesus Christ with love
and respect for the Jewish peo-
ple.
"We recognize in anti-Semi-
tism a contradiction and an af-
front to the Gospel."
The church's new stance is
something of an effort to recon-
cile fundamentally contradictory
beliefs about Jews.
The Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, as its name
makes clear, missionizes non-
Christians to try and convert
them to belief in Jesus.
And it is a central tenet of
D Christian — including Lutheran
— theology that the Jews must
be converted to belief in Jesus for
the Messiah to return.
But Lutherans do not target
Jews for evangelizing, according
to the Rev. Rosenthal.
"We have chosen not to use
terms like 'evangelizing Jews' or
`mission to Jews,' " he said.
"Given the events of the Holo-
caust and the tradition of anti-
Semitism in the West, it is no
longer an appropriate or scrip-
tural way to refer to the Jewish
people.
"The Bible itself does not sin-
gle out the Jews for mission.
We are very much seeking a
way that affirms the right of the
Jewish people to define them-
-, selves, to find how we are Chris-
-- tan in relation to how Jews are
Jews," he said.
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