ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on which is Jews in their relations with pagans' and Christians. It was only at the beginning of the third century that Jews were granted permission to do so and although not an unmixed blessing in so far as such civic responsibilities entailed increasingly heavy financial burdens, these texts also imply a sense of civic pride. The Jews behave like the Gentiles except that they acknowledge only one god. The Council of Vannes held some time between 461 and 491, was the first church council since Gaul had come under Frankish rule to issue a pronouncement on relations with Jews. As a result, even the courtesy of greeting was promptly discontinued, and not only was our habit of sociability done away with, but the detrimental sight of our longstanding friendliness was temporarily transformed into hatred but out of love for eternal life.
