text: There was nothing divine about how the Jews were written about in the Gospels. They were clearly cast as the bad guys in the narrative and the author felt justified because Jerusalem was already destroyed. The truth is in Acts, both in how the-early Jesus movement considered itself part of Judaism and in how it was persecuted by the priests (not the people). When you translate the Bible it becomes real and can be analyzed using scriptural scholarship, which is why the Church resisted translating so that everyone could read it. Knowledge is power, and the power shifted when everyone owns the story. This issue was dealt with in L.G. It is the height of being a reactionary to oppose her on this. Between Vatican II and the Pope and your sad band of reactionaries, I will go with the Holy Father.