Judas is a 'greater consolation' for Jesuit priest - story from 2006

The well-known Jesuit priest Georg Sporschill wants to reinterpret Judas and believes that Judas was not a traitor but misunderstood Jesus.

Judas was not a traitor, but rather he misunderstood Jesus. According to Judas's request, Jesus should appear before the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, which was responsible for the latter's doctrinal decisions, and convince the judges of his teachings. This view was expressed a few days ago by the well-known Jesuit priest Georg Sporschil and the Protestant New Testament professor Wolfgang Feneberg in the "Süddeutsche Zeitung," as reported by the OÖ-Rundschau.

Sporschill further stated: "He tells me that not all necessary and important roles in society are rewarding roles. Even in politics today, we urgently need people who, out of conviction, are prepared to do what needs to be done, even if it's not popular. Judas took on such a role and was broken by it. For social work, this means that all those who only want rewarding roles are not solving our political and social tasks. Anyone who never gets into conflict has nothing to say and contributes nothing to the necessary improvement or solution of our social problems. A social worker who never gets into conflict has never interfered anywhere. Judas dared to do that. In that respect, he is a greater comfort to me than all those who stand around saintly and amiably in the sunshine."

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The sorry story of the special relationship that modernists have with Judas as retold in numerous Cathonc stories, not least The Shrine to Judas.