Godly Hypocrisy:
Renaissance Christians in Actions and Words
As Illustrated by the Plays of Wm. Shakespeare
"If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge! If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why revenge! The villainy you teach me I will execute..."
During the Renaissance, men were willing to fight and die for their religion. Wars were waged to defeat the "pagan empires" of the East, while the heathen within--the Jew--was relegated to second-class citizenship. All non-Christian faiths were consigned to the category of "godless", and a great deal of blood was shed over the conversion of these 'lost souls'. Christianity was the one true faith, and it was the special mission of the holy European male to spread salvation to the world--even if it meant hatred and death.
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