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SaintIgnatiusLoyolaandtheJews
AccusationsofbothantiSemitism(1)andphiloSemitism(2)havebeenmade
againsttheJesuitorder.Soinordertounderstandthetruthofthesechargesitisbest
tostartwiththefounderofSocietyofJesus:SaintIgnatiusLoyola.
Ignatius'commentaryonjewsandJudaismwasremarkablyrestrainedforhistime
insofarastobecompletelyopposedtotheprevailingCatholictheologyoftheday.
InsteadofcondemningthejewsoutrightasenemiesoftheCatholicfaithashis
Spanishfollowers(anditwasworthrememberingthatIgnatiushimselfwasSpanish
andhadbeenasoldieruntilhislegswerecrippledbyacannonballduringhis
participationinthedefenceofaSpanishfortresssoassuchhadprobablyoriginally
heldtocommonSpanishtheologicalideasoratleastgivenlipservicetothem)
urgedhimto.(3)Hewelcomedthejews(bothconvertsand'NewChristians'[aka
Marranos/Conversos])intotheJesuitorderandmadeapointofactivelyrecruiting
them.(4)
NothingspeaksmoreofthisweirddesirethanthefactthatLoyolaandhisearly
companionssparednoexpenseorefforttogetthesentences(includingandnot
limitedtothoseofdeath)ofconvictedjewishcriminalscommutediftheyexpressed
adesireto,orinterestin,convertingtoChristianityandjoiningtheJesuitorder.(5)
SimilarlyinMarch1542IgnatiusobtainedaPapalBrief,CupientesJudaeos,from
PopePaulIIIwhichprohibitedjewishfriendsandrelativesofsincereconvertsto
Christianityfromdisinheritingorcuttingthemofffromfinancialsupport(asper
thenormaljewishcustomofsittingShivaforapostatesandtreatingthemasifthey
weredead),whichhadheretoforebeencitedasaseriousobstacletotheconversion
ofthejewstoChristianity.(6)
ThisfurtherleadIgnatiustopurchasetwohousesinRomeforjewishandIslamic
catechumens:oneformenandtheotherforwomen.(7)WithinayearIgnatiushad
convertedsomefortyformerjewsandMuslimstoChristianity.(8)

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WeknowoftwospecificexamplesofIgnatiusconversionsofjewsthesearethe
conversionofajew(andsubsequentmarriagetohisItalianmistress)inSeptember
1541(9)andajewishfatherandhistwosonson22ndJuly1556.(10)
Allthisnaturallyresultedinthefactthatfromearlyonasignificantnumberofthe
membersoftheJesuitorderwereconvertsfromJudaismorfrom'NewChristian'
families.(11)ThemostprominentofwhichwasDiegoLainezthefirstprominent
Jesuittheologian,successortoIgnatiusandarchitectofthestructureofthesociety
asweknowittoday.(12)
ThisishardlysurprisingwhenIgnatiushimselfwentonrecordasstatingthathe
desiredtobeofjewishoriginso(alaLuther'sargumentin'ThatJesusChristwas
BornaJew')thathecouldbeclosertoJesus,hisLordandMaster,bysharingthe
sameancestralorigin(whichabsolutelyhorrifiedhisSpanishlisteners).(13)

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ThisphiloSemiticattitudecausedIgnatiusandtheSocietyofJesusasignificant
amountofproblemsinitsformativeyearswithbrutaloppositiontoitsenlightened
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OneparticularlyintransigentopponentofIgnatiuswasJuanMartinezGuijarro,the
ArchbishopofToledo,whorefusedtolettheJesuitsoperateinhisecclesiastical
jurisdictionunlesstheyenforcedlimpiezadesangre(bloodpurity)amongits
members.(15)
Ignatiusrefusedpointblanktodothis,whichhasledtohisbeingpraisedforbeing
mostcharitableamongtheantiSemiticclimateofthesixteenthcenturyevenif
hewasstillimmersedintheprejudicesandmisapprehensionsoftheageby
modernhistorians.(16)
AstheJesuithistorianPhilipCaramandescribesit:
Ignatius,whohadbeenbroughtupintheprevalentantiSemitismofhisclass,from
thetimeofhisconversionhadregrettedthathehadnotbeenbornaJew,which
wouldhavegivenhimabloodrelationshipwithhisLordandMaster.(17)
CaramanscharacterisationofLoyolascounterculturaltheologicalviewsalsogives
usthekeytounderstandinghisviewsonthissubject.SinceLoyolastrovetobeas
likeJesusaspossiblejustashehadoncestriventobeachivalrousandbraveknight
alathemedievalcourtlyromances.HesoughtmateriallinkstoJesusinthe
perceivedjewishnessofthelattermuchasmanyothersbeforeandafterwardssought
alinktoapurerformofholinessviathemediumofrelics.
HealsosoughttoapeJesusandconverttheproverbialPhariseesfromthedarkness
ofJudaismbyhisexampleandpreachingoftheonetruefaith.Thuswecanseethat
whileLoyolacertainlycommittedagraveerrorinseekingtobringjewishconverts
toChristianityintotheSocietyofJesus:hedidsobasedonsincere,ifunorthodox
forthetime,religiousconvictions.
LoyolacanthusbereasonablyassertedtohavebeenaphiloSemitewhobelieved
thesalvationofthejewswasparamountpossiblyevenoverandabovenonjews
attainingsalvation.MuchlikemanymodernEvangelicalChristiansLoyola
sacrificedhisprudenceuponthealtarofthedeludedfantasythatthejewswerethe
originalpeopleofGod.

References
(1)ForexampleCharlotteKlein,1974,'DamascustoKiev:CiviltaCattolicaon
RitualMurder',pp.180196inAlanDundes(Ed.),1991,'TheBloodLibelLegend:
ACasebookinAntiSemiticFolklore',1stEdition,UniversityofWisconsinPress:
Madison
(2)ForexampleReneFulopMiller,1930,'ThePowerandSecretoftheJesuits',1st
Edition,Viking:NewYork,pp.180181
(3)JohnO'MalleyS.J.,1993,'TheFirstJesuits',1stEdition,HarvardUniversity
Press:Cambridge,pp.189190
(4)Ibid,pp.59188191

(5)Ibid,p.191
(6)PhilipCaramanS.J.,1990,IgnatiusLoyola,1stEdition,Collins:London,p.
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(10)Ibid,p.186
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(11)OMalley,Op.Cit.,p.294
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(12)Ibid,p.31
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(13)Ibid,p.190Caraman,Op.Cit.,p.133
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(14)OMalley,Op.Cit.,p.76
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(15)Caraman,Op.Cit.,p.186
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(16)Meissner,Op.Cit.,pp.212215
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(17)Caraman,Op.Cit.,p.133
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