Repeated bans on Jewish doctors prove Christians kept consulting them

Evidence

In the twelfth century, the use of Jewish doctors by Christian patients was firmly condemned in the compendium of Canon Law assembled by Gratian—the Decretum Gratiani—and Christians who did seek remedies from Jews were theoretically threatened with excommunication. Similar injunctions, often re-stating the interdiction made in the Decretum Gratiani, were issued by various Church councils held in Spain during the fourteenth century, but their very existence only seems to confirm that they remained largely ignored in practice. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 364 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Church bans on Jewish doctors were repeated for centuries because Christians ignored them — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in…, 364; Christian and Muslim scholars persistently consulted Jewish sages despite denunciation — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 319

Broader Connections

• Church bans on Jewish doctors were repeated for centuries because Christians ignored them #expands (0.98) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 364