condition wherever they might be. This bull was extremely detrimental to the Jewish community. It stated that as long as Jews do not accept Christianity they would eternally be servants of the Christian people, the righteous servant of Jesus Christ. In addition, they were forced to wear labels, distinguishing them as Jews, and were not allowed to hold positions of power in a Papal State. A major incident that accompanied Pope Paul IV was the Acts of Faith that took place in Ancona in 1556. In the spring and summer of 1556, a series of Acts of Faith was held in the Campo della Mostra at Ancona, twenty-four in number, were handed over to the secular arm, for the execution of the capital penalty with which the Church could nominally have no direct association, first being strangled and then burned.. Jews were being unjustly killed by the Catholic Church. Pope Paul IV forced a reign of terror upon the Jews. He was ridiculing and murdering them at alarming rates for no legitimate reason. The claim by the Church was that, the Jews who were killed they converted to Christianity and were actively practicing Judaism. It was the Churchs Divine Right to cleanse their souls, which could only be achieved with death.Pope Paul IV wanted to prohibit Jews in Italy from being successful, and wanted to force them into a subservient role. Politics and Economics had absolutely nothing to do with Pope Paul IVs treatment of the Jews in Ancona, or Italy for that matter. Pope Paul IV had a genuine hatred towards the Jewish people. He did not want bribes from them; he just wanted them dead. The bull that he issued displayed the hate and intolerance that he had for the Jews. The pope wanted to dehumanize the Jews. A clear example of this was the burning of the Talmud, creation of the ghetto system, and color symbolism according to race.Since their arrival, the Marranos had flourished in Italy. The Renaissance was affecting their art, rheto...
