Why did Adolf Hitler say this about the father of Protestantism, Martin Luther?
?I do insist on the certainty that sooner or later ? once we hold power ? Christianity will be overcome and the German Church established. Yes, the German church, without a Pope and without the bible, and Luther, if he could be with us, would give us his blessing.? (Adolf Hitler, Hitler?s speeches, edited by Prof. N.H. Baynes [oxford, 1942], pg. 369.)
Martin Luther was very anti-Semitic. If he was alive, he probably would have given Hitler his blessing. Luther wanted Jewish people in his area burned alive and have the pyres set along the road to light the way into his village. He stated Jews killed people babies, killed gym, stole, raped and pillaged.
The sad thing is that Luther originally sought out the Jew and wanted to convert him but when we would not convert, he turned on the Jewish people and wanted Jews destroyed.
He was a pathetic human being just as Hitler was.
Luther had lost his way and was not much of a Christian and Hitler certainly wasn't. Hitler knew Luther was not preaching Christian ideals and he used his and Luthers anti-Semites to bring about his own form of nationalism that would replace Christianity.
after reading several questions of yours,i feel you may want to read over proverbs 6:16-19.especially 19.
19"a false witness who speaks lies,and one who sows discord among brethren."
yep,the lord hates these things.
Well, Luther was a staunch detractor of the Catholic church because of the corruption. Hitler was a staunch detractor of Christianity. He sought to form his own Christian religion, one in which Jesus was sent here to eradicate Jews. It's what Hitler believed. Luther hated Jews as well, so that's probably what he's talking about.
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?---Martin Luther (Germany)
?What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews?
First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the hon our of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians.
Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed.
Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayer books and Talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught.
Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.? ? Martin Luther
?If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.? ? Martin Luther
?I hope I shall never be so stupid as to be circumcised; I would rather cut off the left breast of my Catherine and of all women.? --- Martin Luther
?If we are to remain unsullied by the blasphemy of the Jews and not wish to take part in it, we must be separated from them and they must be driven out of the country.? ? Martin Luther
Jesus did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon' [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil. It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.------Martin Luther
Learn from this, dear Christian, what you are doing if you permit the blind Jews to mislead you. Then the saying will truly apply, "When a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the pit" [cf. Luke 6:39]. You cannot learn anything from them except how to misunderstand the divine commandments...------Martin Luther
St. John Chrysostom: ?I know that many people hold a high regard for the Jews and consider their way of life worthy of respect at the present time... This is why I am hurrying to pull up this fatal notion by the roots ... A place where a whore stands on display is a whorehouse. What is more, the synagogue is not only a whorehouse and a theater; it is also a den of thieves and a haunt of wild animals ... not the cave of a wild animal merely, but of an unclean wild animal ... When animals are unfit for work, they are marked for slaughter, and this is the very thing which the Jews have experienced. By making themselves unfit for work, they have become ready for slaughter. This is why Christ said: ?as for my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me? (Luke 19.27).?
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Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which sheer self-glory, conceit, lies, blasphemy, and defaming of God and men are practiced most maliciously and vehement his eyes on them.---------Martin Luther
Moreover, they are nothing but thieves and robbers who daily eat no morsel and wear no thread of clothing which they have not stolen and pilfered from us by means of their accursed usury. Thus they live from day to day, together with wife and child, by theft and robbery, as arch-thieves and robbers, in the most impenitent security.
--------Martin Luther
However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who is just a little observant can easily detect it.
But for us Christians they stand as a terrifying example of God's wrath.-----Martin Luther
...but then eject them forever from this country. For, as we have heard, God's anger with them is so intense that gentle mercy will only tend to make them worse and worse, while sharp mercy will reform them but little. Therefore, in any case, away with them!-------Martin Luther
However, we must avoid confirming them in their wanton lying, slandering, cursing, and defaming. Nor dare we make ourselves partners in their devilish ranting and raving by shielding and protecting them, by giving them food, drink, and shelter, or by other neighborly acts..------Martin Luther
If we wish to wash our hands of the Jews' blasphemy and not share in their guilt, we have to part company with them. They must be driven from our country.-----Martin Luther
They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did...
If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs.----Martin Luther
Martin Luther: [ in his last sermon, four days before he died, ] called for practical measures: burn their synagogues, confiscate all books in Hebrew, prohibit Jewish prayers, force them to do manual lab our, and drive them out of Germany.
?I do insist on the certainty that sooner or later ? once we hold power ? Christianity will be overcome and the German Church established. Yes, the German church, without a Pope and without the bible, and Luther, if he could be with us, would give us his blessing.? (Adolf Hitler, Hitler?s speeches, edited by Prof. N.H. Baynes [oxford, 1942], pg. 369.)
Hitler was totally insane
Lied about being a Christian
and killed himself after killing millions.
And he loved the theory of Evolution because it
proved to him he was justified killing Jews because they were the least "evolved" or so he thought.
How amusing some of these answers, especially 'pastor' art!! When people mention Hitler and the Catholic Church, IL art & his ilk are all over that like flies on..well you know! But boy oh boy, let anyone mention dear old Luther and the defenses are up! LOL!!
Based on question after question you ask, it's safe to assume you're Catholic.
My question for you is, on a forum with so many non-believers, people who don't have God in their lives at all, why would you go to so much trouble to attack fellow Christians.
You, personally, are doing more in a day to drive people away from God than Luther did in months.
I have been reading your questions all day and while you have asked some interesting things comparing Protestant Beliefs with catholic Beliefs and the beliefs of fundamentalist Christians. This is a question beyond the pale. It is not right to attempt to link Martin Luther with Hitler using a quote from Hitler. It is not like Luther was alive at the time to disavow himself from that madman
Why did Adolf Hitler say this about the father of Protestantism, Martin Luther?
