Language:
German
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Historische Zeitschrift
Angaben zur Quelle:
279,3 (2004) 611-658
Keywords:
Amici Israel (association)
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Catholic Church.
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Good Friday Liturgy
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Christianity and antisemitism History
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Christianity and other religions Judaism 20th century
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History
Abstract:
The Amici, founded in 1926, was an international organization of priests striving for better relations between Jews and the Catholic Church. Its membership numbered some 3,000 priests, 278 bishops and archbishops, and 19 cardinals. They urged Catholics to avoid expressions that could hurt Jewish feelings and to show respect for Jewish practices. This would make it easier for Jews "to pass from the Father to the Son". In 1928 the Amici submitted to the Curia a proposal to strike the word "perfidis" from the Good Friday prayer for the Jews. The Congregation of Sacred Rites approved, but the Holy Office denounced any deviation from the traditional liturgy. The Vatican issued a decree, with the intimate involvement of the Pope, rejecting the innovation, disbanding the Amici, and prohibiting any similar organization in the future, while forswearing racist antisemitism and pointing to the Church's protection of the Jews throughout the ages. The Amici's leaders were forced to recant; its publications were banned. The Good Friday prayer was revised during the 1950s-70s.
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