Gregory the Great, Roman Law and the Jews: Seeking “True” Conversions
The Jewish question was an important pastoral concern of Gregory the Great (590-604). Gregory, a former Prefect of Rome, was familiar with the Roman legislation that protected the Jews and their property as citizens of the Roman Empire. This study discusses Gregory’s policies regarding the Jews at e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2009
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Sacris erudiri
Year: 2009, Volume: 48, Pages: 35-74 |
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| Summary: | The Jewish question was an important pastoral concern of Gregory the Great (590-604). Gregory, a former Prefect of Rome, was familiar with the Roman legislation that protected the Jews and their property as citizens of the Roman Empire. This study discusses Gregory’s policies regarding the Jews at end of the sixth and beginning of the seventh centuries evaluating it from the over-all scheme of his pastoral and missionary outreach. He advocated civil justice for the Jews, limited though it was, in order to persuade them to convert and be baptized into the Church in anticipation of the final judgment he envisioned in his life time. Motivated by his imminent eschatology and his pragmatism, Gregory was willing to use whatever it took to prepare the world for the approaching judgment. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-9025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sacris erudiri
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.SE.1.100554 |