Language:
English
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Catholic Historical Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
89,4 (2003) 671-695
Keywords:
Pius
;
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Christianity and antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Pope Pius IX began his reign (1846-78) with a reputation for liberalism, but he did not envision a Christian-Jewish reconciliation. Although he agreed to some humanitarian reforms, he had reservations about Jewish emancipation. He opposed Jewish liberation which was espoused by anti-Christian revolutionaries who caused him to flee from the Vatican. After he was restored, he did not confer legal equality on the Jews in the Papal States. He insisted on maintaining restrictions on Jews and other non-Catholics. He outraged Jews, and others in Europe and beyond, by insisting that the Jewish child Edgardo Mortara, who was baptized secretly without the knowledge of his parents, remain a Catholic. Furthermore, he had the first Inquisitor of Aragon proclaimed a saint. He was also seen to have provided a validation for the ritual murder charge. He convoked the First Vatican Council, which rejected modern civilization (associated with the Jews). However, his opposition to the Jews remained religious rather than secular. Ultimately, Jewish disappointment with this pope was based on a misunderstanding of his limited initial gestures toward them.
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