Anti-semitism, christianity, and the catholic church: origins, consequences, and responses.

From: Journal of Church and State | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Marendy, Peter M. | Copyright information

For approximately 1,900 years, the relationship between Jews and Christians had been marked by anger, hate, and suspicion, particularly in Europe. The primary cause of this lamentable phenomenon was the commonly held Christian belief that Jews were responsible for the death of Christianity's founder, Jesus Christ. This charge of deicide was both extremely inflammatory and an unfair accusation--inflammatory because it provided religious and secular authorities with a justification f...

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