Pius XI's hidden encyclical: an appraisal
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Pius XI's hidden encyclical: an appraisal
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number262.13/0019
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08531d
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Jefferson, North Carolina, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]McFarland and Company
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2006
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp65-66
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0786423749
NotesArticle from the book 'Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the revisionists : essays' pp65-66
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
For decades there have been rumors of an unpublished encyclical attacking anti-semitism drafted for Pius XI in 1939 and shelved by Pius XII. This has been adduced as evidence for Pius XII's attitude toward anti-semitism. The authors of the draft rightly condemn racial anti-semitism, but condone religious anti-semitism. They condone the idea that there is historical curse on the Jews, one that makes them outcasts from humanity