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" In fine , dearly'beloved brethren , the Prince who reigns over France is praised for having re-establi > hed the public worship of the holy religion of our fa * he s tinder the most difficult circumstances ( iz ) 3 and because the exertion of his
power on this account ffnerits everlasting acknowledgments ; and therefore it is l > ut just to assign a place in our festivals , 3 long with Constantine ( 13 ) , to the name *> £ that hero who , affeer the example of &his illustrious emperor , -made himself the protector of the true religion . 4
V Under these considerations we ortdain , -that fiereafter the Catechism enfcitl& 4 * The Catechism for the Use of 3 $ the Churches of the French Empire / shall he exclusively taugfn through the extent ^ H | oar diocese . Our present &f&jKLamus shall be read , published , and posted in etfeFy convenient place . in
*< Gtven at ^ aris our Episcopal Palace , Aug . i % 9 1806 , f « The Car 4 «| JDE Bellow , ** Arckoishjo |> of Fa ^ -is
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496 Politico Religious Intelligence .
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ASSEMBLY OF THE JEWS AT PARIS . Agreeably to the extraordinary decree ?»? erted in our Number for July , the Jewish Deputies have assembled at Paris . At their second sitting the Commissioners
«•« the Emperor , after an introductory speech from M . Mote , $ vfio was at their fc&ad , j > i * t the following questions to them , requiring them , after due deliberation , fco answer each separately and fully ; - —
* fc 1 . Is . the Jew permitted jto marry laiore than one wife ? - —z . Is divorce per * * nitte < l by the Jewish religion ??— -3 . Can a Jewess intermarry wtth a Christian , or » Christian female with a Jew £ or -does the law prescribe that Jews alone should intermarry ?—4 . Are the French in the
eyes of the Jews brothers or' aliens ?—j * What , in all cases , are the connections which their law permits them to maintain with the French who ai ; e not t ) f their religion ?—6 . Do the Jew . ; who were horn in France ? -and have been treated h * French citizens by the laws ,
( ia ) Catech . p . % . Je ^ vii . i * 3 )~ C ^ tcch . / ibreg . de THist , Saintp , P J ? -
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consider France as their native countfry f Arc they bound to defend it ? Are Jthcy under an obligation to x > bey the laws , and to follow all the regulations of the civil code?—7 . Who are they who ace icadle-d Rabbins ?—8 . What civil jurisdiction do the Rabbins cxercie
amonpthe J What power of punishmenjt < io ttiey possers ?—9 . Are the mode of choosing the Rabbins , and the systerj ^ of punisfement , regulated by the Jewisji Jaws , or are they only rendered sacred by custom ?—10 . Were the Jews
forbidden hy their laws , to take usury of their brethren ? Are they permitted or forbidden to do this pf strangers ? - ~ m 1 i . Are those tilings proclaimed which are forbidde J n to the Jews by jthei * law ?*
Jitter frsm Mr . Jac , QBSOH : n to ib& Emperor of the French . ¦ M . Jacobsohn , Agent of the Finance ^ at the Court of Brunswick , and founder of a Jewish school in that city , an 4 JVJ , Schottlswider , Ceunsellof of the same Court , two gentlemen patronised by his
Royal Highness the reigning Duke , have ; C £ > nse € i ? afced theif fortune , their time , and their talents , to perfection ate that establishment . M . Jacobsohn has lately addres € ed a letter to the Emperor of Erance , from which the following 19 extracted ; —
" ¦ -Sir ? . *—Penetrated with sentiment ? of the ' - ^^ ost profound ven eration ; and filled witK ihat admiration which those ; extraoa-diaairy sjien always excite , who , at different periods , are chosen hy the Eternal to ennoble the human race , J : approach your Majesty ' s throne with all that confidence the great actions with which you have caused the astonished ^ world to resound , are talculated ' tpiri *' ¦¦
spire . ' -- . ... << -. " I iiave not -t $ ie happiness to i > e num » bered among fcke pfcopLe for who § e advantage you sacrifice &H the rriements of your life . I belong not to that happycountry to which you have called back peace . I am one of the unfortunate
Jewish people against whom ignorance and superstition baye leagued , in order to degiade them and render them theopprobrium of every other nation ; but the JLord of Hosts has chosen you to give happiness to the world , and the Jews * are a part of that world . I belong to that people whose misery has for i » w > re thup a thousand years ill Wirf £ zrfMoiEW < t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1806, page 496, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1728/page/48/
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