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Apology, 800 years on, for laws that drove the Jews out of England | Anglicanism

Temple of England must apologize for his “shameful acts” in the adoption of anti-Jewish laws 800 years ago, which paved way for exile of Jews from England.

BUT special service at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford on Sunday dedicated to the 800th anniversary of Synod of Oxford, which will be attended by Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi, with representatives of archbishop of Canterbury and Roman Catholic Bishop.

The synod adopted laws prohibiting social interaction between Jews and Christians, forcing Jews to wear identifying marks, the introduction of church tithes on them and a ban on certain professions. They were also forbidden building new synagogues.

By the end of the 13th century, further measures prohibited Jews from owning land and transferring on inheritance children. Hundreds were arrested, hanged or imprisoned.

In the end, all Jews in England – 3,000 or so – were expelled by decree in 1290 by King Edward I. They were not allowed to return. for more than 360 years.

Temple of England was not created until the 1530s, when Henry VIII separated from the pope. However, now it was right for Christians repent of their “shameful acts” and “positively rethink” the relationship with Jewish community said Jonathan Chaffee, Archdeacon of Oxford. The Roman Catholic Church was “completely in agreement” with sorry, he added.

move follows the 2019 document prepared by the Church of England, which declared a Christian attitude towards Judaism over centuries have provided a “fertile seed bed”. for murderous anti-Semitism. Anglicans and other Christians should not only repent for “sins of in the past but active challenge anti-Jewish sentiments and stereotypes, the document says.

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Photograph: Michael Foley/Alami

He acknowledged that cathedrals in Norwich and Lincoln were tied with Spreading of “blood libel” in late Middle Ages, when Jewish communities were falsely accused of kidnapping and killing Christian children.

But the church’s efforts to take responsibility for part of it in Jewish persecution blunted by scathing criticism of chief rabbi of ongoing “specific targeting” of Jews for conversion to Christianity. According to him, some Christians saw the Jews as “prey to hunt down and convert.”

The document went no further than calling on Christians to “thoroughly think” about evangelizing their Jewish neighbors and saying that Christians should be “sensitive to Jewish fears.”

Tony Kushner, professor of Jewish/non-Jewish relations at the University of Southampton, said: “This is the most difficult step for temple. Recognizing that blood libels, massacres and exiles wrong it’s just… to recognize that the Jews are legally valid of religion is more testing.”

Apology over Synod of Oxford reflected “concern over modern anti-Semitism” and was part of of wider re-evaluation of ideas and legacy, including slavery, he said.

“WITH of e didn’t exist [at the time of the Synod of Oxford] so it’s an apology for things that were not responsible for. But if he considers himself leading voice of Christianity in UK today, then an apology has some merit in recognition of the injustice that has been committed.”

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