How did they view their Christian followers, who were taught to regard them as "Gods chosen people"?
2007-02-24 11:21:20 · 10 answers · asked by Charles R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The first Christians were all Jews. What they had trouble with was believing that non-Jews were able to become Christians. Read the letters by Paul. Throughout it he is trying to defend the gentile-Christians as being equal to the Jewish Christians. There weren't a lot of anti-Jewish problems in the church because the majority of the church was Jewish.
2007-02-24 11:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by Love YHWH with all of oneself 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, some Jews did-they were Jewish Christians.
The Pharisees did not-they later became modern Judism.
The Saducees actually had Jesus killed, did not promote Christianity until the destruction of the temple in 70AD-then Saduceism disappeared, they all converted to either Phariseism or Christianity.
The Esseens did not promote Christianity. Or talk with any outsiders. John the Baptist was probably an Esseen.
The Zealots promoted Christiantity, but only as a mean to overthrow Rome. That didn't work too well.
So recall that there were at least 5 different groups within Judism in the 1st Century, some promoted Christianity, some did not. Phariseism and Christianity are the only 2 groups that survived, and split soon after into 2 different religions.
2007-02-26 08:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by kmsbean 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the light of history it now looks strange but as we all know Jesus was a Jew.
The Jewish hierarchy did not accept that he was Christ as he and his followers claimed, and said that the first Christians were heretics.
It can therefore be said that Christianity was started by a Jew. It can not be said that the Jews then helped to promote Christianity, quite the contrary.
2007-02-25 06:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by oldtimer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is a sect of "Judaism". Conservative "Judaism" as we have today predates Christianity only by a short period and had its beginning with the Maccabees revolt. (This is where Jews get Hanuka.) That sect which is commonly called "Judaism" broke away from the sect of "Judaism" that we call "Christianity" (Christ=Messiah in Greek: The trade Lang. in the Roman Empire. thus Christians: a name given them by their enemies see: The Book of Acts.) when they refused to follow Jesus (Christ). Thus "Jews" are still waiting for their "Messiah" or "Christ". In the Old Testament (Torah 1st 5 books,throughout the "Prophets" as well.) which the "Jews" accept as scripture it prophesies of the rebellion of the "Jews"(As a nation.) against their God (For a season, they are bound by God's word to return to him:Christ, and how His (God's) name shall be Great among the gentiles (In General the non-Jews:Out of every language and nation, but specifically the decedents of Yavan and Gommer "By these were The Isles of the Gentiles...."
Almost all the touch bearers were Jews (Including all 12 apostles and other than the Gosple of Luke: A Greek doctor and historian, the whole New Testament has jewish athors, the real author being God.) As it is written in the 22 Psalm "a generation shall serve Him and declare that he hath done this..."(PS this Jewish Scripture also describes His Crucifixion 2000 years?-I Think? but not sure(of the years) before the event.
2007-02-24 19:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christianity as we know it today was not really formed until the Council of Nicea in the year 325.
By that time, the Church was an entirely gentile institution.
The Jewish-Christian sects from the previous centuries had mostly died out.
2007-02-26 20:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would have to say yes...since Jesus was a devout practising Jew.
As for being "God's" chosen people, there is probably not a single group of people in the whole history of the human race who did NOT regard themselves as such.
2007-02-28 06:42:26 · answer #6 · answered by maureen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the beginning Christianity was just another sect of Judaism Created by Jesus until the Jewish authorities (like a high priest or pope) got the romans to execute him.
2007-02-24 19:43:01 · answer #7 · answered by migratingmonkey 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Christianity started as a jewish sect and all the early christians were jews which is why they share the same jewish sky god.
2007-02-25 01:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The first Christians were Jews, but eventually the faith had to be spread to other lands whre non-Jews could learn about it so as to practice it themselves.
2007-02-24 19:26:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
those who converted did.
most of the first christians were jewish...
2007-02-24 19:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by lackadai 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋