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July 1, 397 C.E. Emperors Arcadius (395 – 408) and Honorius (393 – 423)

Bust of ConstantineJewish Rites

“The Jews shall be bound by their rites, while we shall imitate the ancients in conserving their privileges, for it was established in their laws and confirmed by our divinity, that those who are subject to the rule of the Illustrious Patriarchs (e.g. Jewish Leaders), that is the Archsynagogues, the patriarchs, the elders, and others who are occupied in the rite of that religion, shall persevere in keeping the same privileges that are reverently bestowed on the first clerics of the venerable Christian Law. For this was decreed in divine order also by the divine Emperors Constantine and Constantius, Valentinian and Valens. Let them therefore be exempt even from the curial liturgies, and obey their laws.”

Source: Center for Councils on Jewish-Christian Relations

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