The Church and the Jews of Ashkenaz in the 13th c (Birth of Ashkenaz Pt. XVI) 

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Wont it be amazing when the third temple is built. When you mentioned sacrifices I thought of the temple. This lecture is very interesting. I appreciate all your lectures.

Thank you for sharing your insights and factual information. 🙏🏼 Id never heard about the Jewish badges before and some having pigs on them in 1215. That is interesting considering during the inquisitions Messianic Christians, as well as Conversos to Catholicism, whom were actually Crypto Jews / pretending to be Catholics, were also referred to as marranos meaning swine. Just recently discovered, prior to the Spanish Inquisitions labeling Jews such, especially the Portuguese, that Jacques De Molay, in 1314, wasn’t just burned at the stake but actually was roasted alive like a pig on a spit. It does make me wonder if the heresy the Knight Templars actually committed was practicing a form of Christianity that embraced the traditions laid out in The Torah, as Jesus Christ also practiced as a righteous Jewish man within the Gospels and some of the books found in the Nag Hammadi library; like the book of Thomas that states Jesus said “If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the kingdom; if you do not observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath you will not see the Father.” In his lifetime there was only a Saturday Shabbat / Sabbath based upon the Hebrew Moon Calendar, so it does make sense why such a statement was hidden within a cave so it wouldn’t be destroyed along with all the other Jewish based writings, which contradicted Constantine’s pagan inspired teachings he appropriated into Romes version of Christianity as the Romans state religion. Very interesting as well how the RCC depicted the female representation of the Jewish Synagogue as broken almost like a form of sigil ceremonial type workings to suppress such. Just like always depicting Jesus still nailed to a cross. Sometimes it just seems odd how things are depicted in forbidden sculptures often idolized that are actually in a binding or broken form. A sword to the head is pretty graphic image. Rome really turned on Jews eventually vilifying them all as a race of people seeking to destroy them, yet that was true in Jesus’s lifetime as well. Perhaps the Templars discovered true Christianity wasn’t the same as what the false church they were associated with was teaching. Jacques De Molay was martyred in front of the Cathedral the Knight Templars built; which makes the fact the oak tree roof burned and yet the simple cross at the alter remained perhaps as a remembrance only God could gift. Just seems the true church / synagogue would recognize the Bride is the Seventh day Sabbath as it is in Jewry, and those that practice it as Jesus did are the assembly of the Heavenly Fathers people from a Christian or Jewish perspective. So why did the RCC refer to people who didn’t even eat pork as pigs in the first place? Was it because Jesus cast Legion into swine, before they ran off a cliff and were drowned? Guess maybe it was the symbolic way of demonizing those practicing anything related to traditional Jewry. So strange a Jewish Messiah appropriated by non Jews but not his ways of living and customs of his people has survived in power for over two thousand years. History is a painful subject sometimes knowing how evil humans can actually be towards others opposed to loving others, as the Torah and Jesus both teach. Some suspect the original Knight Templars were of Jewish heritage which is an interesting consideration as why they were persecuted so brutally. Gods Blessings

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You really need to qualify the term "the Church". Because what you refer to is the Roman Catholic Church which by no means represents the whole of Christian Europe. Not in its geographical, doctrinal or historical aspects and these vast generalizations serve no purpose in academic historical discourse. Maybe it will come as a surprise to you, but the biggest victims, in terms of numbers, of the Roman Catholic Church in the period between 11th and 15th century were other Christians, mostly Orthodox Christians, and pagans, not Jews or Muslims.

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As a Catholic I have a lot of respect for devout Jews who live to please and to love God and who do their best to follow His ways, lots of respect. I have found the behavior and devotion to God by many good Jews inspiring, very edifying, and wonderful to see. God bless you all, but despite these good things, Jews have one really big problem. Jesus is really alive, and He does miracles. I know this because in speaking with Him, He did indeed and in fact continues to do miracles for me and for others. I have addressed Him in prayer, and He has answered. So, I advise some rethinking of things Jewish and some reconsideration of Jesus in a more careful way. Before God, I tell you, Jesus is indeed God. I cannot deny this merciful Jesus, I cannot deny what He has done. Jesus in not a threat to being a Jew, He is a completion of a promise. I invite everyone on planet earth, and even space aliens, should they show up, to come to know Jesus Christ. Seek Him, knock, the door will open. Best wishes and God's peace rest upon you and yours!

"Salvation is from the Jews" (The Gospel of John, chapter 4 verse 22).