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Tel Aviv shouldn’t exist. Israel shouldn’t exist. The concept of Israeli should be abolished. The land is Palestine. The people are Palestinian. The land should be returned to its people. The only way forward is through the dismantlement of Zionism, from the river to the sea

Oh look, it’s some of their favorite stupid meme quotes all in one place. Let’s go through these. 1. Thomas Aquinas is discussing the legal status of jews under medieval Christian rule, especially whether Christian rulers may seize jewish property. He does use the language of servitude here, but in the same section and surrounding discussion he also says jews should not be killed or forcibly converted. He believes they should be protected and preserved for Jesus' return as a "witness people". 2. Vincent Ferrer’s quote is heavily paraphrased from what he is actually saying. He is giving symbolic exegesis in which the tethered ass represents the jewish people or synagogue bound under the Law before Christ. He is using allegorical sermon language, not laying down some literal doctrinal statement that jews are animals. St. Jerome is simply quoting Rev 2.9, which is not a blanket statement against jews as a people. All of the e-Crusaders who use 2:9 and 3:9 like this have clearly never read the passage and don’t know what is actually being said there. It is a polemic from John of Patmos tied to a local early Christian and intra-jewish dispute over who truly belongs to God. It is likely aimed at people the author sees as false jews, possibly proto replacement theology like that of the e-Crusaders themselves, or judaizers inside the church who were still Torah observant. Either way, it is absolutely not a blanket condemnation of jews as a whole. 4. St. Ambrose is speaking about a historical event in 388 where Christians burned down a synagogue in Callinicum, led by a local bishop, in a time when religious disputes between Christians and pagans, Christians and other Christians, and Christians and jews were common. The emperor ordered it rebuilt and Ambrose of Milan objected only to the fact that Christians would be forced to rebuild it or fund it. It was a dispute between church and state, not a general doctrine against jews. 5. John Chrysostom was writing against Christians in the church who were still attending synagogue and practicing jewish customs, because Christianity started as a sect of judaism exclusive to jews. Like all John Chrysostom quotes ripped out of context, the entire point of the anti-jewish rhetoric here is to scare Christians away from jewish practices, synagogue attendance, and judaizing. These are intra-Christian boundary-policing polemics, not standalone doctrinal statements about jews as such. 6. Augustine is just restating the passion narrative. He is simply quoting Matthew 27, Mark 15, and John 19. He is literally narrating the gospels, so the idea that this by itself is some special anti-jewish doctrine is ridiculous. The point of those polemics in the gospels is from within judaism, not against jews as a religious or ethnic group. The authors of these gospels were jewish themselves. 7. Alphonsus Liguori is the same thing. This is a direct quote from Matthew 27:25 and he is commenting on that verse. This translation is doing a lot of heavy lifting btw. The “race” part is misleading because he is saying something closer to “unfortunate people” in context, not “miserable race.” 8. Pope Pius V’s quote here is paraphrased and not documented like that. It is likely referring to the papal bull Hebraeorum gens from 1569, which expelled jews from much of the Papal States and restricted them largely to places like Rome and Ancona. So this is better understood as a political and economic measure against jews under papal rule, not some timeless doctrinal statement about jews or judaism as such. The Catholic Church at the time didn't even see it this way. 9. John Chrysostom again is basically the same thing I said above. The whole point of what he is saying about jews is to scare Christians away from jews, synagogues, and jewish customs. It is aimed at combating judaizing Christians and Christians going to synagogue, not giving some freestanding doctrinal statement about jews as a religion or ethnic group. So when I say that these e-Crusaders don’t know shit about their own church or its teachings and derive their understanding from memes, this is what I am talking about. These are all out of context biblical quotes, medieval legal theology, polemical sermons aimed at Christians who were still practicing jewish customs or going to synagogue, or entirely fabricated or selectively paraphrased quotes. The funniest part is that if you showed this to basically any Catholic clergy they would tell you the same basic thing, but instead of the e-Crusaders arguing with them they’ll attack me instead. It’s time to stop pretending the Catholic Church is based, or ever was, and live in reality rather than a meme version of the world.

I'm Catholic. I stand with Israel and their right to statehood and self-determination. I stand with other all denominations that put Jesus at the center. I DO NOT STAND with Catholics who inaccurately use their faith to push anti- Israel and anti-evangelical nonsense.