Robert Sungenis has made statements about Jews and Judaism which have been criticized as being antisemitic, which he denies.
10 Facts About Robert Sungenis
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Robert Sungenis was brought up in a Roman Catholic household and converted to Protestantism as a young man.
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Robert Sungenis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from George Washington University in 1979 and a Master of Arts in theology from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1982.
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Robert Sungenis wrote Not By Faith Alone, a book of apologetics, explaining his view of the Catholic Church's doctrine of justification and his critique of the Protestant doctrine of salvation by faith alone.
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Robert Sungenis' writings include antisemitic ideas, sources, and claims about the Jews and Judaism and have been criticized by fellow Catholics and by the Southern Poverty Law Center, as has the publishing company he founded and uses to publish his books, Catholic Apologetics International.
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Monsignor Daniel Kutys said that the sentence was not changed because of what Robert Sungenis said, but because of the misunderstanding that Robert Sungenis' blog had generated.
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In 2014 Robert Sungenis stated that he would no longer write about Jewish issues that are political in nature and that he would remove content about Jews and Judaism, but he still maintained that the Jews as an ethnic group do not have a covenant with God.
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Robert Sungenis believes that the earth does not rotate and has offered $1,000 via his group, Catholic Apologetics International, to anyone who could prove that the Earth moves around the Sun.
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Robert Sungenis self-published a three-volume book called Galileo Was Wrong and runs a blog called Galileo Was Wrong in which he promotes these ideas.
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In 2014, Robert Sungenis, along with Rick Delano, was an executive producer of The Principle, a documentary which advocates for his ideas about geocentrism.