Judaism Discovered: A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism, Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit by Michael Hoffman

Author:Michael Hoffman [Hoffman, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Independent History and Research
Published: 2008-08-10T04:00:00+00:00

According to Popper, rabbinic books were unmolested from the pontificate of Leo X until 1550 and the election of Pope Julius III. “..at the beginning of the pontificate of Julius III the Golden Era of Jewish literature continued as a reflection of the sunshine of papal favor...(Even) after the Pope had issued a bull on April 29, 1550, repealing all previous permission which might have been given to possess or read forbidden books, as far as the Jews were concerned he still acted generously, instructing cardinals and papal delegates to respect Jewish religious observances, and not to annoy them in any way.” 748

Even under pressure from Cardinal Giovanni Pietro Caraffa of Naples, Julius III, as late as Dec. 5, 1553, renewed papal privileges for the rabbis of Ancona, “the Pope had shown himself especially friendly to the Jews of that city.” Caraffa’s plan for a “general destruction of Hebrew works...was clearly more than the Papal court at Rome had originally planned.” 749

Half a rabbinic loaf being better than none, Pope Julius III conspired to preserve one part of the Talmud from interdiction: “...in the catalogue of prohibited books which the Inquisition published in Milan and Venice in this year (1554), while the ‘Talmuth’ is mentioned as one of the works forbidden to the faithful, nothing is said of other Hebrew books...Julius III issued a bull on May 29, 1554 which cited the edict of the Inquisition directed against the ‘ghemarat Talmud’ and which ordered its surrender, under penalty of death. But by emphasizing the term ‘gemarah,’ (Gemara) the inference was allowed that other works, and even the mishnayoth (Mishnah) as such, were not subject to destruction...” 750

The Medicis were patrons of the Kabbalist -“humanist” infiltrators of the Church. “All Italians are warmly attached to their home and family. This characteristic, beautiful and noble in itself, but so harmful to many Popes, reached such proportions in Leo X that throughout his pontificate, the history of Florence and of the Medici was closely bound up with that of Rome...The independence of Florence was a mere form, and the house of Medici practically governed supremely...The Pope’s cousin, Guilio de’ Medici...was made Archbishop of Florence on May 9, 1513...(and later Cardinal)...In this his first creation of cardinals, three others, closely connected with the new pope, also received the red hat (including) Innocenzo Cibo, (and) Lorenzo Pucci...the eldest son of Franceschetto Cibo and Magdalena de’ Medici, the sister of Leo X. Beyond this relationship he had no particular claim or merits...Lorenzo Pucci...was marred by the most execrable avarice, which he sought to satisfy by an unscrupulous traffic in the matter of indulgences...” 751

Reuchlin “had become imbued with the doctrines of a fanatical theosophy, induced by the study of the Jewish Kabbala...his views were calculated to sow confusion in the brains of the youth of Germany, and give an impetus to an inclination, already existing among them, to cast themselves adrift, at the expense of Christianity...Several theologians spoke with disapprobation of Reuchlin’s writings, and Jakob Hochstraten, a Dominican of Cologne, wrote an answer in 1519.

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