The Protestant church in Germany has acknowledged that anti-Jewish passages still exist in its texts and is determined to purge them, the church’s central organization, EKD, announced in Hanover last week.
A 60-page study published by the EKD concluded that all texts must be screened anew for anti-Jewish bias.
An effort undertaken in 1975 apparently fell short of its goal, the study found. The population of united Germany is more than 50 percent Protestant. In the former West Germany, it was evenly divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
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