Language:
French
Year of publication:
2008
Titel der Quelle:
Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia
Angaben zur Quelle:
6 (2008) 77-86
Keywords:
Blood accusation
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Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
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Christianity and antisemitism History 1500-
Abstract:
From the 5th century Christian doctrine embraced the view that an infant, though unable to confess his faith, may be considered a saint. The Crusades promoted the idea that holy Christian children, presumably killed by Jews, perpetuated the killing of Christ. From the second Crusade, blood libel accusations spread in Europe, first in the West, and from the 16th century in Poland and Lithuania. The victims of supposed blood libels were worshipped with fervor, although Catholic dogma on this issue lacked clarity. At the end of the 16th century a procedure for canonization was instituted. Counts 111 cases of blood libel accusations in the 16th-18th centuries in Poland; each case involved tens of Jews. Polish Jews appealed to the Pope, who tried to calm Catholic fervor with the aim of eventually converting the Jews. A Catholic memorandum by Laurent Ganganelli (later Pope Clement XIV, from 1769-74) recommended that the Holy See step in to protect the Jews in Poland, but it was ignored. Concludes that antisemitism was purged from the Catholic doctrine only with the "Nostra Aetate" in 1965.
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