The Catholic church once hunted down Jews. You would interpret this as a sign that Christianity is evil. However, this was a time before people had books and could even read. The people relied on the Catholic church to tell them right from wrong as they had no Bible,, which is why Martin Luther broke from the church due to their apostasy because he could read and had a Bible. No one can read the teachings of Jesus and then decide we should persecute Jews.
The Guttenberg Press and increased reading helped the masses read about God for themselves, which was the beginning of the end for the Catholic church and the Pope who essentially acted like the political emperor of Europe than a religious body. Christ warned that his kingdom was not of this world, but the Catholic church did not get the memo as they have their own Sovreign nation at the Vatican with high walls around it. In fact, the Pope today is more focused on being woke than presenting the gospel. Again, they still play politics.
Similarly, the Sanhedrin back in the days of Jesus was more interested in persecuting Jesus to help appease the Roman authority to back off than they were the things of God.
You see, the politics of man is poison.
was too large for the post, these are the synods I talked about, info they don't teach you in Sunday school or when passing around the $ collection plate.
In 1939 the Nazis barred Jews from train dining cars.
The Church's Synod of Elvira (306) forbade Jews and Christians eating together.
The Synod of Clement (535) parallels the law for the Re-establishment of the Professional Civil Service (Nazi Germany -1933) by disallowing Jews from holding public office.
The Third Synod of Orleans (538) inhibited Jews from showing themselves in the streets during passion Week. In 1938 the Nazis past a decree allowing authorities to ban Jews from the streets on certain days such as Nazi
During the Synod of Toledo the Talmud and other books were burned. Similar book burnings were a regular event in Nazi Germany.
The law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor (1935)
parallels the Synod of Elvira (306), which prohibited intermarriage and sexual intercourse between Christians and Jews.
The fourth Lateran Council (1215) mandated the marking of
Jewish clothes with a badge. In 1941 the Nazis forced Jews
to wear a Star of David. So Christendom foreshadowed the
Nazis.
In 1222 the Council of Oxford banned the construction of new
synagogues. In 1938 the Nazis destroyed synagogues in the
entire Third Reich. Again Christendom foreshadowed the Nazis.
In 1279 the Synod of Breslau legislated for compulsory ghettoes.
In 1939 Heydrich also ordered compulsory ghettoes for Jews.
Again Christendom foreshadowed the Nazis.
The Synod of Ofen (1279) forbade Christians from selling or
renting real estate to Jews. In 1939 a Nazi decree mandated
the sale of Jewish real estate. Again Christendom foreshadowed
the Nazis.
The Council of Basel (1434) prevented Jews from obtaining
academic degrees. In 1933 the Nazis passed a law against,
"Overcrowding of German Schools and Universities" with
the same effect. Again Christendom foreshadowed the Nazis.
The Synod of Gerona (1078) forced Jews to make contributions
to the Church equal to that of Christians. The 1940
Sozialausgleichsabgabe enforced a special Jewish income tax
equal to the party contribution levied on Nazis. Again Christendom foreshadowed the Nazis.
"The Nazis 'did not discard the past; they built upon it. They didn't begin a development; they completed it.' This fact makes
ludicrous any unqualified claim that the Nazis were the enemies
of Christendom. In actuality, they were in very large measure the
agents for the 'practical' application of an established social logic."
(Hilberg, R., "The Destruction of the European Jews" Chicago:
Quadrangle, 1961), and (Eckardt, "Elder and Younger Brothers:
The Encounter of Jews and Christians" New York: Schocken
1973, 12-14).
The roots of the antisemitic "established social logic" referred to above lie in the antisemitic potential of the NT. The roots of modern antisemitism lie in the pages of the NT. Without it the Shoah (Holocaust) would never have happened.
A Disturbing Fact:
On April 19 1939 in celebration of Hitler's birthday All Catholic churches in greater Germany hoisted the Swastica in Celebration.