The chilling history of Christian anti-Semitism

Gary Clayton  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Jan 2023
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The chilling history of Christian anti-Semitism

Part of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem with the symbol representing Holocaust Memorial Day (inset) | photo: iStock

Friday 27 January marks Holocaust Memorial Day – the commemoration of one of history’s most heart-rending chapters. But how did a plan that resulted in the death of 6 million Jewish people originate in what was a supposedly Christian nation?

The church in Acts was almost entirely Jewish, which explains why – in Acts 10 – Peter receives a vision of a large sheet full of unclean creatures to encourage him to visit the Gentile Cornelius.

The question ‘Can a Gentile become Christian?’ is addressed, too, in letters such as Romans, Galatians and Philippians, which deal with the issue of Gentile believers being urged to accept Jewish practices in order to belong.

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