Do you know why Judaism was castigated in Europe? Because it was considered to be a form of tribalism, as opposed to the "universal" characteristics of Christianity.
This remark shows that you know as little about Christianity as Judaism. Christianity, like Islam, is a creedal religion, i.e. 'my way or the highway'. Medieval Europe had no place for tolerance of religous differences, whether Jews or heretics.
Had it not been for St. Augustine, who set the precedent that Jews should be tolerated at all, the Jews in Europe would have ALL been forcibly converted, killed or expelled, instead of just suffering these things periodically.
Even so, the Church castigated them as 'Christ killers' for centuries. It wasn't until Vatican II that Pope John Paul XXIII removed language cursing the 'perfidous Jews' from Church liturgy. |
