From Enemy to Brother
Nonfiction, History, European General, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
| Author: | John Connelly | ISBN: | 9780674068469 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 19, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Connelly |
| ISBN: | 9780674068469 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 19, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
In 1965 the Second Vatican Council declared that God loves the Jews. Yet the Church had taught for centuries that Jews were cursed by God, and had mostly kept silent as Jews were slaughtered by Nazis. How did an institution whose wisdom is said to be unchanging undertake one of the largest, yet most undiscussed, ideological swings in modern history?
In 1965 the Second Vatican Council declared that God loves the Jews. Yet the Church had taught for centuries that Jews were cursed by God, and had mostly kept silent as Jews were slaughtered by Nazis. How did an institution whose wisdom is said to be unchanging undertake one of the largest, yet most undiscussed, ideological swings in modern history?
