TY - JOUR
T1 - Host Desecration, Conversos, and "philosemitism"
T2 - Father António Vieira's Sermons at Santa Engrácia
AU - Stuczynski, Claude B.
N1 - Funding Information: This article is part of the ISF individual research grant project No. 1256/20.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - This article analyzes three sermons given by António Vieira in the church of Santa Engrácia (Lisbon) during the commemoration ceremonies for a host desecration allegedly perpetuated by a Converso in 1630. How could an ardent advocate of the New Christians such as Vieira, who is perceived as the embodiment of early modern Iberian philosemitism, agree to deliver homilies in such a notorious anti-Jewish and anti-Converso hub? Although these sermons were part of a homiletical tradition developed in Santa Engrácia around the profanation of the Eucharist, I will argue that they provide a novel means to understand Vieira’s pro-Converso and pro-Jewish approach, usually understood through his prophetic and mercantilist writings.
AB - This article analyzes three sermons given by António Vieira in the church of Santa Engrácia (Lisbon) during the commemoration ceremonies for a host desecration allegedly perpetuated by a Converso in 1630. How could an ardent advocate of the New Christians such as Vieira, who is perceived as the embodiment of early modern Iberian philosemitism, agree to deliver homilies in such a notorious anti-Jewish and anti-Converso hub? Although these sermons were part of a homiletical tradition developed in Santa Engrácia around the profanation of the Eucharist, I will argue that they provide a novel means to understand Vieira’s pro-Converso and pro-Jewish approach, usually understood through his prophetic and mercantilist writings.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127903166&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/jqr.2022.0003
DO - 10.1353/jqr.2022.0003
M3 - مقالة
SN - 0021-6682
VL - 112
SP - 89
EP - 118
JO - The Jewish Quarterly Review
JF - The Jewish Quarterly Review
IS - 1
ER -