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It is not clear that the Romans persecuted Jews more than Christians. Under some emperors, Christians were heavily persecuted, under others, Jews. During the great Jewish revolts that started in the years 68 and 132, Roman persecution of the Jews was intense. The emperor Hadrian, who put down the second revolt, probably killed half a million Jews in the process. Nero, on the other hand, seems to have really disliked Christians.
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What did the Romans do to the Jews and the Christians?
At various times, Romans embraced, ignored or slaughtered Jews and Christians. Nero was notorious for persecuting Christians. Under Hadrian, at least half a million Jews died and many more were enslaved.
What did the Roman's do to the Jews and Christians?
At various times, Romans embraced, ignored or slaughtered Jews and Christians. Nero was notorious for persecuting Christians. Under Hadrian, at least half a million Jews died and many more were enslaved.
What were the differences between the persecutions of the Jews and those of the Christians?
A:One difference is that Jews have been persecuted by Christians since the fourth-century reign of Emperor Constantine. Historians say that in the previous three centuries, official, widespread persecution of Christians amounted to no more than twelve years in total. Those who would persecute the Jews (and pagans) have been far more ruthless and consistent in pursuing their objectives than were those who persecuted the early Christians.
What did the Romans do to the Jews and Christians?
In past story of Eretz Israel an important Jewish Man say to an important not-jewish Man that it is not good thing to hear a christian man who want speak with the second not-jewish man: there is difference between Romans and Christian also in our time
Are jews more successful than christians?
I can't really say as a whole religion, but jews and christians are successful
How did monotheism cause conflict with the Romans?
Monotheism contributed to, rather than cause, conflict between the Romans and the Jews and between the Romans and the Christians. With regards to the Jews, it was more Roman misrule in Judea than religion which created conflict. The monotheism of the Jews contributed in three ways. One was that the Romans could not effect "religious engineering" with the Jews. All of the other conquered groups were polytheistic and had deities with had affinities with the Roman gods. The Romans often created aspects of their gods which coincided with aspects of the gods of the conquered peoples and sometimes adopted the gods of these peoples. This facilitated the integration of the conquered peoples into the empire. The Romans could not do this with the Jews. Moreover, they did not understand monotheism and this could lead to their mishandling of religious issues in Judea. Monotheism and the existence of scriptures and theology made Judaism a distinctive religion and helped it to become a rallying point and a focus of resistance for the Jews. This had already happened before Roman rule, in the days when the Jews were ruled by the Greeks. Monotheism's contribution to the conflict with the Christians was also indirect. Although there were prejudice and suspicions about the Christians, in the whole, the Romans tolerated Christianity. This was part of their tolerance towards the religions of other peoples. Some emperors persecuted the Christians, leading to an alternation of periods of tolerance and periods of persecution. The issue for the persecuting emperors were doubts about the loyalty of the Christians to the emperor and the imperial state. The loyalty of all non-Romans was sometimes tested by requiring them to perform sacrifices in honour to the Roman gods. The polytheistic peoples did not have a problem with this because they had many gods. Many of the Christians refused to do so because to them this was like betraying their own god. In addition to this, the Christians abhorred sacrifices. All but one of the emperors from Constantine on were Christians and Christianity eventually became the state religion
What would Romans do to early Christians?
The Romans as they had all the power would throw the early christians to the lions to get rid of them as they thought they would become more powerful then them.
Will all Jews convert to Christianity?
Some Jews become Christians, some Christians become Jews and even more Jews become atheists, or "secular Jews". A healthy society should see conversions from one to the other, in each direction.Jewish answer:No. Jewish converts to Christianity will be, and have always been, a minority.
How did the Romans taking Jerusalem and leveling the Temple have an impact on the Jewish-Christian relations in the late first century?
It was the first major event to cause a division between Jews and Christians, or followers of 'The Way'. Christians started to separate themselves from Jews, and became more pro-Roman. This is an explanation for the glowing review of Pilate, and the discrimination of the Jewish priests. Christians allowing non-Jews and belief that Jesus was the Messiah caused further split.
Why does the YMCA have more locations than the JCC?
Because there are more Christians than Jews.
Why did the Romans object more to Christianity than to Judaism?
AnswerEdward Gibbon (he Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) says that, since the Jews enjoyed the free exercise of their unsocial religion, although they rejected w ith abhorrence the deities of their sovereign, there must have existed some other cause which exposed the Christians to those severiities from which the Jews were exempt.He says that the Jews flattered themselves that they alone were the heirs of the covenant, and they were apprehensive of diminishing the value of their inheritance by sharing it too easily with the strangers of the earth. Preaching to the Gentiles had never been an obligation of Jewish Law, nor a voluntary duty for the Jews. So, the Jews did not pose a serious threat to the old religions.The Romans were particularly concerned that some Christians were more ready to obey their bishops than the secular leaders and civil authorities.Sometimes the New Testament epistles imply that Christians are subject to their own laws, not those of Rome. Thisis a stance likely to arouse suspicions of treason. Overall, the Christians were regarded as less trustworthy than the Jews.
What did Romans think about the persecution of Christians?
There is no real evidence of the Romans persecuting Christians before at least 97 CE, and only sporadic periods of persecution even after that. A Christian tradition holds that Nero persecuted the Christians living in Rome because he blamed them for the Great Fire, but historians have been unable to find any evidence of such persecution or even a reason for Nero to want to blame them unjustly. If the story of the martyrdom of Stephen is based on fact, then that instance involved Jews, not Romans.When it occurred, persecution was usually because Christians refused to worship the gods, thereby risking divine wrath. Some Romans felt that the gods could be appeased by punishing Christians who overtly refused to worship them. Sometimes emperors supported one side or the other for political reasons.From the late fourth century onwards, Christianity had become the official religion of Rome and was in a position to persecute pagans and Mithraists. It seems that persecution does not choose its victims - whichever religion is more powerful at the time persecutes the less powerful.
