Directory of Relations with Judaism Resources

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The relationship between Christianity and Judaism was complex during the Middle Ages. Although the Jewish communities were regarded as being responsible for the death and rejection of Christ it was also recognised that Jesus and his disciples were originally Jewish. Although Jewish communities suffered severe restrictions under Christian rule they were the only religion that the Papacy constantly called on to be allowed in Christian lands - a right often ignored by Christian princes and populations.

Resources in This Category

• Church and the Jews in the Middle Ages

  http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=4705
  An examination of the Church's relationship with the Jews during the medieval period.

• Medieval Jewish Legends on Matters Connected with Christianity

  http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=3692
  A discussion of the Toldoth Jeshua, used by some Jewish communities to explain certain Christian beliefs and practices. From a Catholic viewpoint.

• On the Baptism of Slaves Belonging to Jews

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/agobard-baptism.html
  The Frankish bishop Agobard of Lyon seeks the imperial court's help to baptize pagans who were the property of Jews. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

• On the Insolence of the Jews

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/agobard-insolence.html
  Written in to Emperor Louis the Pious by Agobard, bishop of Lyon. A letter of protest against a Jewish policy seen to be fundamentally favorable to a religious minority. From the Medieval Sourcebook.

• Papal Protection of the Jews

  http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=5429
  An encyclical decreed by Pope Gregory X in 1272 illustrating the protective role that the Papacy assumed towards the Jewish diaspora in Europe.

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