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//- z> - THE FlftlCTXOH OF PREJUDICE* Of all human disputes, family quarrels are the worst, "Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds," and love that is turned to hate is far worse than casual hostility and suspicion, When the Christians separated out of the Jewish isopoliteia, the polemics between church fathers and rabbis set a tone which has corrupted the relationship between the two faiths to the present day. St, Cyprian's "Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews" may be taken as representative of an animosity cultivated from the earliest times, passed from generation to generation, cemented by the monstrous local excesses of the crusades, the decisions of the Fourth Lateran Council, the pogroms of 19th century Russia, the murderous policies of Hitler and his henchmen, the bombing of synagogues in Atlanta and elsewhere in the Deep South in America today. There is an emotional force here which defies purely rational analysis, just as its purging requires more than the preparation of decent and fair literature accenting mutuality in human relations. Cyprian (d, 258) announced the new dispensation and new law with abrogation of the law of Moses and the old temple (frl5). The Man of Righteousness had been put to death by the Jews (#14); they fastened Him to the cross (#20). Now, their peoplehood had been cancelled: the destruction of Jerusalem was a judgment on the Jews (#6); the Gentiles rather than the Jews should attain to the Kingdom (#23). He concluded that "by this alone the Jews could obtain pardon of their sins, if they wash away the blood of Christ slain in His baptism, and, passing over into the Church, should obey His precepts." (#24),I The total rejection thus expressed was institutionalized when Christianity became the sole official religion of the Empire, and for nearly a millenium and a half the ghetto was a necessary function of Christendom. 'When we consider the long record of structured prejudice, the marvel is not that Anti-Jewish lessons are still found in texts for instruction of the Christian young: the miracle is that, in the few decades of religious liberty and equality before the law, we should have come as far as we have in discharging prejudice and discovering mutualities. For the answer to Jules Isaac's famous question - Is Christianity Necessarily Anti-Semitic? - is "Yes," if by "Christianity" is meant, as Isaac did, "Christendom".^ Whenever and wherever it is assumed that the function of religion is to hold a society together, and that the goals of a society can only be attained through using religion to sanctify its values and baptize its high places ,fA paper by Dr. Franklin H. Littell, Professor at Chicago Theological Seminary, at the conference on Religious Education as a Key Factor in Shaping Human Relations, sponsored by the Religious Education Association of Metropolitan Chicago and the Chicago Chapter of the American Jewish Committee; November 22-23, 1964 at the University of Chicago*
Object Description
Title | "The Function of Prejudice" a paper read at the conference on Religious Education as a Key Factor in Shaping Human Relations, University of Chicago (1964-11-22) |
Creator (Person) | Littell, Franklin H. (Franklin Hamlin), 1917-2009 |
Date | 1964 |
Searchable Date | 1964-11-22 |
Repository Collection | Franklin H. Littell Papers |
Series | Franklin H. Littell papers. Series 12: Research, writing and speaking, 1938-2006 |
Subseries | Franklin H. Littell papers. Subseries 12.5: Speeches, lectures, and article manuscripts, 1938-2006 |
Subseries Scope and Content | Subseries 12.5 contains Littell’s speeches and lectures, as well as occasional article manuscripts. A noted expert in several fields, Littell was frequently invited to address a wide variety of audiences all over the world. He spoke on many topics, most especially: the German Church Struggle and the Holocaust, religious liberty, new religious movements, the Methodist youth movement and peace and pacifism, political extremism, Methodism, and the Anabaptist tradition. There are additional speeches, lectures, and manuscripts, as well as related materials available for research in the Special Collections Research Center. Review the collection’s online finding aid for more information. |
Language | English |
Type |
Speeches lectures Manuscripts |
Format | image/jp2 |
Rights | This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257. |
Repository | Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center |
Digital Collection | Franklin H. Littell Papers |
Digital Publisher | Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries |
Finding Aid | http://library.temple.edu/scrc/franklin-h-littell-papers-0 |
Catalog Record | http://diamond.temple.edu/record=b5769203~S12 |
Landing Page | http://digital.library.temple.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16002coll14 |
Contact | scrc@temple.edu |
File Name | index.cpd |
Identifier | TLITFZ201307000068 |
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Document Content | //- z> - THE FlftlCTXOH OF PREJUDICE* Of all human disputes, family quarrels are the worst, "Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds," and love that is turned to hate is far worse than casual hostility and suspicion, When the Christians separated out of the Jewish isopoliteia, the polemics between church fathers and rabbis set a tone which has corrupted the relationship between the two faiths to the present day. St, Cyprian's "Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews" may be taken as representative of an animosity cultivated from the earliest times, passed from generation to generation, cemented by the monstrous local excesses of the crusades, the decisions of the Fourth Lateran Council, the pogroms of 19th century Russia, the murderous policies of Hitler and his henchmen, the bombing of synagogues in Atlanta and elsewhere in the Deep South in America today. There is an emotional force here which defies purely rational analysis, just as its purging requires more than the preparation of decent and fair literature accenting mutuality in human relations. Cyprian (d, 258) announced the new dispensation and new law with abrogation of the law of Moses and the old temple (frl5). The Man of Righteousness had been put to death by the Jews (#14); they fastened Him to the cross (#20). Now, their peoplehood had been cancelled: the destruction of Jerusalem was a judgment on the Jews (#6); the Gentiles rather than the Jews should attain to the Kingdom (#23). He concluded that "by this alone the Jews could obtain pardon of their sins, if they wash away the blood of Christ slain in His baptism, and, passing over into the Church, should obey His precepts." (#24),I The total rejection thus expressed was institutionalized when Christianity became the sole official religion of the Empire, and for nearly a millenium and a half the ghetto was a necessary function of Christendom. 'When we consider the long record of structured prejudice, the marvel is not that Anti-Jewish lessons are still found in texts for instruction of the Christian young: the miracle is that, in the few decades of religious liberty and equality before the law, we should have come as far as we have in discharging prejudice and discovering mutualities. For the answer to Jules Isaac's famous question - Is Christianity Necessarily Anti-Semitic? - is "Yes," if by "Christianity" is meant, as Isaac did, "Christendom".^ Whenever and wherever it is assumed that the function of religion is to hold a society together, and that the goals of a society can only be attained through using religion to sanctify its values and baptize its high places ,fA paper by Dr. Franklin H. Littell, Professor at Chicago Theological Seminary, at the conference on Religious Education as a Key Factor in Shaping Human Relations, sponsored by the Religious Education Association of Metropolitan Chicago and the Chicago Chapter of the American Jewish Committee; November 22-23, 1964 at the University of Chicago* |
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