Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758) issued the following Papal Bull on 14 June 1751. It was addressed to the Primate, Archbishops and Bishops of the Kingdom of Poland and said:

    "Another threat to Christians has been the influence of Jєωιѕн faithlessness; this influence was strong because Christians and Jєωs were living in the same cities and towns. However their influence was minimised because the Polish bishops did all they could to aid the Poles in their resistance to the Jєωs...

    In regard to the matter of the Jєωs, we must express our concern… Our credible experts in Polish affairs and the citizens of Poland itself who communicated with Us have informed Us that the number of Jєωs in that country has greatly increased. In fact, some cities and towns which had been predominantly Christian are now practically devoid of Christians.

    The Jєωs have so replaced the Christians that some parishes are about to lose their ministers because their revenue has dwindled so drastically. Because the Jєωs control businesses selling liquor and even wine, they are therefore allowed to supervise the collection of public revenues. They have also gained control of inns, bankrupt estates, villages and public land by means of which they have subjugated poor Christian farmers.

    The Jєωs are cruel taskmasters, not only working the farmers harshly and forcing them to carry excessive loads, but also whipping them for punishment. So it has come about that those poor farmers are the subjects of the Jєωs, submissive to their will and power. Furthermore, although the power to punish lies with the Christian official, he must comply with the commands of the Jєωs and inflict the punishments they desire. If he doesn't, he would lose his post. Therefore the tyrannical orders of the Jєωs have to be carried out.

    In addition to the harm done to Christians in these regards, other unreasonable matters can result in even greater loss and danger. The most serious is that some households of the great have employed a Jєω as 'superintendent-of-the-household.' In this capacity, they not only administer domestic and economic matters, but they also ceaselessly exhibit and flaunt authority over the Christians they are living with. It is now even commonplace for Christians and Jєωs to intermingle anywhere.

    But what is even less comprehensible is that Jєωs fearlessly keep Christians of both sexes in their houses as their domestics, bound to their service. Furthermore, by means of their particular practice of commerce, they amass a great store of money and then by an exorbitant rate of interest utterly destroy the wealth and inheritance of Christians. Even if they borrow money from Christians at heavy and undue interest with their ѕуηαgσgυєs as surety, it is obvious to anyone who thinks about it that they do so to employ the money borrowed from Christians in their commercial dealings; this enables them to make enough profit to pay the agreed interest and simultaneously increase their own store. At the same time, they gain as many defenders of their ѕуηαgσgυєs and themselves as they have creditors…

    You then, Venerable Brothers… must see to it that neither your property nor your privileges are hired to Jєωs; furthermore you do no business with them and you neither lend them money nor borrow from them. Thus, you will be free from and unaffected by all dealings with them."