Sicut Judaeis

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The bull Sicut Judaeis was issued around 1120 by Pope Calixt II . The name is derived from its Latin incipit : "Just as the Jews in their communities may not be granted any freedom beyond what is legally permitted, so they should not have to suffer any offense in their rights".

The bull about the treatment of the Jews , which is sometimes referred to as the “ protective bull of the Jews ”, goes back to principles that Gregory the Great (590–604) had already formulated. The incipit of Sicut Judaeis also comes from a letter from Pope Gregory.

After the first edition, Sicut Judaeis was later confirmed by many successors in the papal office, including around 1145 by Eugene III. , around 1165 by Alexander III. and around 1199 by Innocent III. ( Licet perfidia Iudeorum ). The Constitutio pro Judaeis developed on the basis of the bull . The papal cops Sicut Judaeis like the constitution should enable the Jews to live a peaceful life in a Christian society. Under threat of excommunication , they forbade the forcibly baptizing Jews , harming them, taking their possessions, be it money or money, and disturbing their festivals or the peace of their burial places.

literature

  • Robert Chazan, Jewish Life in Western Christendom , in: Judith R. Baskin, Kenneth Seeskin (Ed.), The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture , Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 113ff.
  • Thomas Brechenmacher : The Vatican and the Jews. History of an Unholy Relationship from the 16th Century to the Present. Munich 2005. ISBN 3-406-52903-8 .
  • Hermann Vogelstein and Paul Rieger, The History of the Jews in Rome , Berlin, Mayer & Maller Verlag, 1896

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