Ernest Jouin

Ernest Jouin
Ernest Jouin (1844-1932)
Born 21 December 1844
Angers, France
Died 27 June 1932
Paris, France
Nationality French
Occupation Priest
Essayist
Journalist

Monsignor Ernest Jouin (21 December 1844 – 27 June 1932) was a French Catholic priest and essayist, known for his promotion of the Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory. He also published the first French edition of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.[1]

Life

In 1912, Jouin founded the Ligue Franc-Catholique. The league's journal, the Revue internationale des sociétés secrètes, was one of the two main anti-Semitic tribunes of the interwar period, along with the paper of the Action Française, and often published right-wing Russian accusations that Jews engaged in ritual murder and that Bolshevism was a Judeo-Masonic plot.[1] Describing the Protocols, Jouin wrote: "From the triple viewpoint of race, of nationality, and of religion, the Jew has become the enemy of humanity."[2] Pope Benedict XV made Jouin an Honorary Prelate.[3] Pope Pius XI praised Jouin for "combating our mortal [Jewish] enemy" and appointed him to high papal office as a protonotary apostolic.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marks, Steven Gary (2003). How Russia Shaped the Modern World: From Art to Anti-semitism, Ballet to Bolshevism. Princeton University Press. p. 159.
  2. 1 2 Michael, R. (2008). A History of Catholic Antisemitism: The Dark Side of the Church. Springer. p. 171.
  3. ↑ McElligott, Anthony (2017). Antisemitism Before and Since the Holocaust: Altered Contexts and Recent Perspectives. Springer. p. 92.


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