Roman Catholicism is guilty of centuries of anti-Semitic behavior. How strange since the Bible knows no such anti-Semitism. Jesus Himself was Jewish, and He clearly taught that He was for the Jews. He said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matthew 15:24). Similarly, the Apostle Paul said, "I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Who are Israelites" (Romans 9:3-4). Not to mention that the New Testament was written by Jews, and most of the first disciples were Jewish.
Despite this overwhelming testimony, the Roman Catholic Church made the following pronouncements regarding the Jewish people:
In addition to those:
The Fourth Lateran Council made the following canons:
Jews and Saracens (Arabs) of both sexes in every Christian province must be distinguished from the Christian by a difference of dress. On Passion Sunday and the last three days of Holy Week they may not appear in public. [219]
Jews are not to be given public offices. Anyone instrumental in doing this is to be punished. A Jewish official is to be denied all intercourse with Christians. [220]
The dates of these infallible proclamations show that Rome's anti-Semitism was not a few isolated events. The dates range from 538 AD up into the 19th century!
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