Letter 4080: I am establishing an annual payment of three solidi to each Jew who converts to the Christian faith in your area.
I am establishing an annual payment of three solidi to each Jew who converts to the Christian faith in your area. This is not a large sum, but it is intended as practical support to those who, by converting, may lose the economic and social ties that sustained them within the Jewish community. The Church cannot in good conscience invite people to take a step that may cost them their livelihoods and then offer nothing to help them through the transition. Make the payments, keep proper records, and ensure the recipients are genuine converts rather than those merely seeking a stipend.
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Latin / Greek Original
AD ANTHEMIUM SUBDIACONUM.
Judais conversis (ribus det s0lidos singulis annts,
Gregorius Anthemio subdiacono.
lis quos de © Judaica perditione Redemptor noster
ad se dignatur converltere, rationabili nos oportet
moderatione concurrere, ne victus, quod absit, ino-
piam patiantur. Ideoque tibi hvjus praecepti auctori-
tate mandamus Þ quatenus filiis Justz ex Nebrais, id
est Juliano, Redemplo, et Fortunz, a tertia decima
Succedenti indictione annis Singulis Solidos dare non
differas, quos tuis noveris modis omnibus ralionibus
impulandos.
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- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
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