What Is Sicut Judaeis Non?

What Is Sicut Judaeis Non? It was the official Church policy on how to deal with the Jews, starting in the Middle Ages, and lasting until the fall of Christendom in the Modern age. It relied on theology to implement both protection and restrictions of Jews in Christian society. Let's dive in!

Primary Sources (Papal Bulls): Pope Callixtus II, Sicut Judaeis (c. 1120) Pope Innocent III, Constitutio pro Judaeis (1199) Pope Gregory IX, Sicut Judaeis (1235) Pope Clement VI, Quamvis perfidiam (1348) Pope Martin V, Sicut Judaeis (1419) Canon Law: Fourth Lateran Council, Canons 68-70 (1215) Gratian, Decretum (c. 1140) - Causa 28, q.1, c.12; Causa 17, q.4, c.29; Causa 23, q.4, c.32 Gregory IX, Liber Extra (Decretales) (1234) - X.5.6.9, X.5.6.12, X.5.6.15 Patristic and Scholastic Sources: St. Augustine, Contra Faustum 12.23 St. Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos 59 St. Augustine, Tractates on John 31 St. Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae VIII.11 St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Letter 363 St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae II-II, q.10, aa.8, 12 St. Gregory the Great, Registrum Epistolarum I.34 St. Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah 1:10 St. Jerome, Commentary on Matthew 27:25 St. Jerome, Letter 112 St. John Chrysostom, Against the Jews, Homilies I and VI St. Alphonsus Liguori (devotional writings on Jews) Biblical Texts Referenced: Matthew 13:24-30 (Wheat and Tares) 2 Corinthians 9:7 Romans 11:28-29 Romans 12:19 Psalm 59