(Ron) God & Absolute Monarchs
Brian Dean bridean@worldnet.att.net
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:57:39 -0400 (00907217859, 19980930235830.INQX21819@default)
BRIDEAN
Although this does not relate to Bible errancy I will forward this
AND ONLY THIS post to the list since I am curious as to the
counter-argument for this argument.
>Berne
>
>To the best of my knowledge, Hitler was not condemned by the RC church,
>until
>after he was defeated. Perhaps the RC church was concerned about
Hitlers
>power, as he had them surrounded.
>
>
RON
The Church does not normally condemn people. They may excommunicate
someone, usually if they are a religious leader or someone who is likely
to mislead the faithful. In Hitler's case the pope issued an encyclical
letter (Mit Brendener Sorg if my spelling is correct. It's available on
the internet) which condemned racism and the views of the Nazi party.
Though Hitler and the Nazis were not specifically addressed it was
obvious who it referred to as it was issued in German. The Catholic
Church hid more Jews and helped more Jews to escape than any other
organization. The Vatican and many monaseries, convents, etc were packed
with refugees. At one point the Nazis had developed a plan to assasinate
Pope Pius XII, though it was never pulled off. There was an article in
Newsweek several months back which sought to set the record straight.
The movie "Scarlet and Black" (?) starring Gregory Peck I beleive, is
about the efforts to deceive the Nazis in Rome and the hiding of
refugees in the Vatican. Critics are that much more hypocritical as the
US and european nations refused to even admit there was a problem. The
US would only categorize Jews as Russian, or Polish, or whatever their
nationality, refusing to grant them refugee status. The Church was the
only government that recognized the problem and, at great risk, helped
these people to escape.
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