What the Church Actually Taught About Jews | Pope Paul IV's Cum Nimis Absurdum (1555)

What the Church Actually Taught About Jews | Pope Paul IV's Cum Nimis Absurdum (1555)

Pope Paul IV's 1555 bull Cum Nimis Absurdum established the Roman Jewish Ghetto and restricted Jewish rights. What was the Church's actual theological reasoning? Full scriptural, patristic, scholastic & magisterial analysis. https://christtheking.info/catholic-resources-on-adversus-judaeos/

The Prodigal Son’s Elder Brother: The Jews Outside the Feast

The Prodigal Son's elder brother, angry at the feast for his repentant sibling, has long been read by the Fathers as a figure of Israel at the threshold of the New Covenant. Augustine, Cyril of Alexandria, Lapide, and Romans 11 examined. Part III of the Elder Brother trilogy. https://christtheking.info/catholic-resources-on-adversus-judaeos/

The Church Inherits Israel's Titles: 1 Peter 2:9–10

St. Peter takes Israel's own covenant titles from Exodus 19 and Hosea — chosen race, royal priesthood, holy nation — from the Jews and hands them to the Church. A Catholic look at 1 Peter 2:9–10 with Scripture, the Fathers, Lapide, and the Magisterium who read it the same way. https://christtheking.info/catholic-resources-on-adversus-judaeos/

The Disputation of Paris (1240): When the Talmud Was Put on Trial by the Catholic Church

The Disputation of Paris in 1240: Rabbi Yechiel mounted the best defense of the Jewish Talmud that medieval Judaism could offer. It still failed. A deep dive into the charges, his defenses, why the Church rejected them — and how the Talmud question continued from Paris to Rome. https://christtheking.info/catholic-resources-on-adversus-judaeos/

St. Cyprian's Testimonies Against the Jews

St. Cyprian of Carthage compiled Scripture proof that the Jews lost the covenant and the Gentile Church succeeded them. A full walkthrough of Book One of his Testimonies Against the Jews — Jerusalem, the Temple, the priesthood, and the New Covenant of Jeremias 31. https://christtheking.info/catholic-resources-on-adversus-judaeos/