Pope St. Gregory stigmatized Judaism and the Jewish People in many of his writings. He described Jews as enemies of Christ: "The more the Holy Spirit fills the world, the more perverse hatred dominates the souls of the Jews." He labeled all heresy as "Jewish", claiming that Judaism would "pollute [Catholics and] deceive them with sacrilegious seduction." The identification of Jews and heretics in particular occurred several times in Roman-Christian law, COUNT 4
QSN1 Who denounced Jewish People in many of his writings? ANS1 Pope St. Gregory QSN2 What were the Jews described as enemies of? ANS2 Christ QSN3 According to Pope St. Gregory what religion must you be in order to be a heretic? ANS3 Jewish QSN4 In what culture of law were Jews and heretics often lumped together? ANS4 Roman-Christian law