Jan Paweł II wobec postaw antyżydowskich
John Paul II against anti-Jewish attitudes

Summary/Abstract: John Paul II is highly appreciated by the Jews for the condemnation of anti-Jewish attitudes. The analysis of the Pope statements on the Jews and Judaism reveal his preference for using the term “anti-Semitism” to describe the whole of anti-Jewish prejudices. In his addresses to the Jews and to the Catholics he recognizes that erroneous and unjust interpretations of the New Testament regarding the Jewish people have circulated for too long engendering feelings of hostility towards the Jews. They contributed to the lulling of Christian consciences when the Nazis persecutions swept across Europe. The pagan, racial anti-Semitism of Nazis was a major element responsible for the Holocaust. John Paul II does not point to the historical, political or economical causes of that anti-Semitism. The Pope states that the Nazi politics proves what atrocities the man is capable of to set himself up in opposition to God and to combat every form of religion.

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