No Jew shall celebrate the Passover upon the fourteenth day of the
month, nor shall perform any of the ceremonies customary at such times.
Nor shall any Jew, in honor of his ancient, erroneous belief, observe
any festival days, great or small; or attempt their observance; or
desist from labor upon any holidays; or hereafter keep the Sabbath, or
any other sacred days prescribed by his rites, or attempt to do so.
Anyone detected violating this law shall be liable to the condemnation
and penalty prescribed for the same.
=VI. Jews shall not Contract Marriage According to their Custom.=
No Jew shall marry, or defile with adultery or incest, anyone nearly
related to him by blood. No Jew shall marry another within the seventh
degree of relationship; nor shall he desire or practice any other
nuptial ceremony than that customary among Christians. Whenever
detected, he shall be punished according to law.
=VII. Jews shall not Perform the Rite of Circumcision.=
No Jew shall circumcise another; nor shall a person who has permitted
himself to be circumcised be exempt from the operation of the law.
No slave, freeborn person, or freedman, native or foreigner, shall
practise or submit to this detestable operation. Whoever is proved to
have voluntarily performed, or submitted to it, shall be punished with
the utmost severity of the law.
=VIII. Jews shall not Divide their Food into Clean and Unclean,
According to their Custom.=
The blessed apostle Paul said, “To the pure all things are pure,” but
nothing is pure to those who are defiled, because they are unbelievers;
and, for this reason, the execrable life of the Jews and the vileness
of their horrible belief, which is more foul than any other detestable
error, must be destroyed and cast out. Therefore, no Jew shall make a
distinction between food which is clean and unclean, as established
by the customs and traditions of his ancient rites. No one shall
perversely refuse to eat food of any kind, whose condition is proved to
be good. No one shall reject one article of food, and accept another,
unless the distinction be such as is considered salutary and proper by
all Christians. Anyone detected in the violation of this law shall be
subjected to the punishment instituted for the same.
=IX. No Jew shall Subject a Christian to Torture.=
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