In "The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews" the author explains how Christians with Jewish ancestry went within less than forty years from having a leading role in the foundation and development of the Society of Jesus to beingprohibited from membership in it.
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In The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews the author explains how Christians with Jewish ancestry went within less than forty years from having a leading role in the foundation and development of the Society of Jesus to being prohibited from membership in it.
The Society of Jesus was formed in 1540, at the peak of the anti-Converso hysteria in Spain. It was in 1555-56 that both King Philip II and Pope Paul IV ratified the statute of "purity of blood" issued by the Archbishop of Toledo and Inquisitor General of Spain, Juan Martínez Gu…
In "The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews" the author explains how Christians with Jewish ancestry went within less than forty years from having a leading role in the foundation and development of the Society of Jesus to being prohibited from membership in it.
"El 23 de enero de 1639 tiene lugar en Lima el Auto de fe más cruento que el tribunal inquisitorial, radicado en dicha ciudad, incoara contra cristianos nuevos, comerciantes de procedencia portuguesa, asentados en el virreinato desde tiempo atrás y acusados en su mayoría de here…
