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I read something which someone had written that said that Christendom was made by the Jews to control the gentiles. What do you think the person meant by this? Wasn't the Judaic sects which Christendom came out of small sects not for controlling people?
I read something which someone had written that said that Christendom was made by the Jews to control the gentiles. What do you think the person meant by this? Wasn't the Judaic sects which Christendom came out of small sects not for controlling people?
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What Jews? Do you think there was a centralized Jewish authority that would decide to do something like that? Why do you think there were continued attempts by Jewish groups to subdue, and kill Christians?
I was just wondering if anyone perhaps could understand what the person who wrote it meant. And another thing, did the Jewish sects and Christianity make any money of their functions ? How did they get money?
Conspiracy theories get hung on the strangest things, Hans, and this is one of them. Now, with the Evangelical fervor for the nation of Israel today you might think there was something to it, but no.
As for money, you have inadvertantly hit on a major cause of the Medieval prejudice against Jews in that Christians were forbidden by the Catholic Church from charging interest on loans (that seems to hav changed) so that when a Christian needed some temporary capital help, he could rarely get it from his Christian brothers, but had to go to a Jewish money lender who made a business of it and made good money from it. Envy is a powerful force for prejudice.
nateswift: What do you mean by: «the Evangelical fervor for the nation of Israel today»? Do you mean by the Jews, or is it amongst Christians? And by:«Medieval prejudice against Jews», do you mean by society in general, or amongst Christians?
You may not have noticed that a lot of Evangelical and/or fundamentalist churches consider Israel as the fulfillment of prophecy and support for it mandated by their faith. The greatest or foundational prejudices against Jews among Christians had its roots in the "Dark Ages."
??? No idea what you have heard from whom, but, it didn't happen -- The religious hierarchy of Jesus day (Sanhedrin: Sadducees & Pharisees, also referred to loosely as 'the Jews') rejected Christ and were complicit in His death .... and still today, with the exception of Messianic (Christian) 'Jews', have no part with Christ, the Messiah. Ironically, Christianity largely spread to the Gentiles because of the 'Jewish' persecution of early Christians (and, of course, God's will).
BTW, the term "Jews" in itself has been adapted to both the Hebrew people; the people of Israel (more specifically, the Tribe of Judah) ... and also to 'Judaism', the religion of the Jews. Therefore, to simply attribute anything to "the Jews" is somewhat ambiguous. Also, among the people of Israel today, there are more 'secular Jews' than 'religious/orthodox Jews'. Therefore, there is not even any consistent thought about Jesus Christ (Christ-endom; ... or even Judaism itself) among the “Jewish” people.
Perhaps more accurately, God used the 'Jews' to bring Christ into the world ... from whom Christianity (Christendom) arose. He also (above) used the 'Jewish' persecution of the Jews to spread Christianity to the Gentiles. In the End Times, God will supernaturally bring the 'Jews' to a saving faith in Jesus Christ the Messiah.
The spread of Christianity/Christendom to the gentiles did not occur until much later, as the Apostle Paul was charged with the mission of taking Christ to the gentiles --- while Peter's primary mission was spreading Christianity among the "Jews".
The person who wrote that was not a Christians and was outside of the Christians faith , and was speculating some logic which do not means any thing .......Christianity was created by God for His unity with men and woman who would interact in unity with Him ... See God used the Jewish people to build a faith with Him to usher in the Messiah Lord Jesus Christ which this faith is need for God to move in the earth , See right from Adam to Jesus Father Joseph all was blessed by God in this linage of the first born male child or on some time God chose the son to be the great grand spiritual grandfather for to Usher in a faith to bring a creation of Lord Jesus Christ who was the only begotten of God .....See God had a plan and Christianity was the outcome
I was just wondering if anyone perhaps could understand what the person who wrote it meant. And another thing, did the Jewish sects and Christianity make any money of their functions ? How did they get money?
What ever he meant he is wrong. Many make very off the wall comments like that to establish a base for their own strange theology.
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