Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-15
TWO PREPARATIONS.
cpr,r MOVEMENTS ~ '""
,,ry AND JUDAISM COMPARED
POINTS OF LIKENESS AND DIFFERENCE
,,.ro.,iue SUMMARY of Results
~, the Nineteenth Cc"'"''
NATION in Judaism
r.,,,on Of Che jew in society


Position of thc Jc" D"
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,.-, ..I a.st va'Dh has taken pace IN
,..l't.-. ia. iae r.a '.'''"'
'''. ...t spoke about thirty minutes.
...,r and able address, delivered
.... a-faetive manner, held the
'. ..,a.. o. his audience from the
s,.,.. CHRISTIANS were among his
.-.tr began by describing the
..m.a Le.Psic in 1919, between
-.,l.- ... ut. Eek. the representative
r... ... y. ON the one side was the
,-...s weight Of entrenched power
JAIL. .....uty Of accepted tradition, Gus
t.a habits of thought and OF action, the
r.rIhernaua ofe civil and &C.
rlle. On the other side were
., mighty and intrepid genius
t. courage ~ "a conviction Of right, that
. Been purchased by The pangs Of the
-.s uyal and the sweat Of heart
ay. aaI that was now ready 10 burst
. -hacNes OF spiritual despotism and
..lc..ual bondage.
Ih. ItlrcsentatlVe Of the Pope was
...luuta with the prestige OF the schools
.u4 tae councils, and. like the learned
counsel ~ the bar, ne poured forth "a tor
i,lt OF citations from the authorizes, the
DEGREES Of the colleges. the Judgments
H.. HlI az "a
vast literature OF the Church WAS lis
arsenal. and its potent authority ne
oecmed an lnyulnerable shield ii"d 'n'
decision 10 be rendered according 10 l"o
Jaw OF existing authority. there was u"
escaping the inexorablc logic or ils w."
clusions But Luther. with lhe I"sl''"
ton Of genius. ignored his Gomez uSIoHS
and attacked the premises ne "eHt,"
not authority. but the authority OF the
pOpcs and the cou"ciS' """ "''' "'''N ~
The Bible Itself.
mis- was The first principle Of the re-
formation. tho supreme authority OF the
Scriptures. The second principle Luther
euurcilfeQ al the diet OF Worms, two
years later. the right OF private interpre-
tati0u OF The Scriptures, and with this he
ropu3lated the whole vast fabric Of pom
uncal and ecclesiastical authority.
THE JEWISH REFORMATION.
Continuing the speaker said. when
Judaism emerged from the Ghetto al the
BEGINNING ~ this century ii found itself
much iu the same spiritual condition as
was the Church at the beginning Of the
..,-..,tb century. An immense structure
90 traditional authority had been up
-..,.d unou the basis of the Bible. fl is
-... bu. II had grown 10 such gigantic
..,.rorfi.rs that lis sacred source was
o. ,rrIef..v Ovtrshadowed and i'm many
t..t'rre. entirely lost sicht of. Com
,...+.,~,. had been heaped upou commeu-
..,.. tradtti,r upou tradition. lnterpreta-
~. ,,p,u int.rrr.tation. ritual had been
LII IN ritual ceremony unto ceremony.
800 ,I,r,s, .v.r, hour and everv act
~ ,r. r.ouI.'s tt. had been enmeshed i'm
cid. lsi.,-rirth OF rthbluicsl casuisfry and
I.s,Iism Oh, peculiar circumstances of
fra Ghetto intensified this condition
Whom finally the hour of DISRUPTION came.
n came along the same lines as IL did i'm
tro Church. fh, destruction of the tradi-
u.raI ecclesiastical authority. the demoli-
ta. of tte fbrl. of ceremonialism. the
i.tor..o- laoN go the scriptural source
"Al i-e i.-Ai oi liFate Interpretation
~.. .- 4""I '"-'. '"ousH''
I.' 7.''h.i l"eH polnleu OUT several !
..-..' '-d1 tAlsleu DelNceh the
'-.i.H ANA me Synagogue. ne Church
'- sixteenth century was az the zenith
OH l-e temporal as wei as spiritual power
e.i Us ctnlidl@ed authority as repre-
l1 lhe POPE. was a mlshtier mon
..- IMAM any hlnS or emperor that
+'4 seep'er Inc synagogue never
-- -A temporal power ana such author
H 10 ana nave was NOT cehtldh@eu
.-. was uNoed among NUMBER OF ieach-
's sases' ana rabpies' each one OF whose
..'h. uons extended as iar as me re-
ITO OF MS scnoiaIshlp H'o carried MS
'lher dllIeIehce was 10 ne holeo win
--Id 10 me BlDie. - 10 the Time OF
-''..r tne hlD.e hau hoC Deeh eeHeraIiy
lated Luther is said never 10 nave
I'D one I'll ne was ~ years Old Among
'." Jews TINS was never the case. TO
40 the Bible had always oeeh an aces
'.- book. Indeed. ihcy were the |
people OF the Book but the Book had |
been SO completely enveloped in the cover |
.l au iuterpretative defence. that the |
latter received the greater attention.
TWO GREAT BODIES.
rt may he eaf.lv e,ta that there ara I'm |
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