Judeo - Christianity is the collective name of various unorthodox movements that emerged from among Jewish Christians at the turn of the 1st and 2nd centuries. According to the New Testament , the First Apostolic community belonged to the Judeo-Christians.
History
The first followers of Judeo-Christianity included the Apostles. Thanks to their sermons, the community grew and replenished with followers in Jewish, Syrian and Greek cities. There were many who considered Jesus Christ exclusively as a Prophet, on whom the Spirit of God came, before those who believed in his messianism and birth from the Virgin . All of them kept the Hebrew language as sacred, adhered to Old Testament customs (including circumcision and observed Shabbat ). Recently, science has "rediscovered" Judeo-Christianity for itself.
In the Acts of the Apostles it is mentioned that everything was common in the Christian community, this favored the unification of the Jews and converts of the Gentiles. According to the Apostle Paul, they honored all of the Holy Scriptures, which at that time meant primarily the Old Testament (the Gospels and other New Testament literature were just beginning to be compiled). At least until the end of the apostolic age, Judeo-Christianity was the foundation of the early church.
Close Religious Teachings
Modern or historical religious movements advocating the reform of Christian beliefs and practices towards Judaism, and vice versa; among Christians, the derogatory term "Judaizers" is common. The religious movements of the Judeo-Christians are heterogeneous in nature.
Historical trends:
- " Heresy of the Judaizers " is an Orthodox church name for a number of diverse religious movements.
Current trends:
- Messianic Judaism .
- Christian mission " Jews for Jesus "
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- Religious Organization Egovists-Ilyins
- Subbotniks are a religious movement in Russia whose followers keep the Sabbath (like the Jews).
The appearance of the term
The origin of the term Judeo-Christian and Judeo-Christianity according to the Oxford Dictionary dates from the 1899th and 1910th years, respectively. Both terms arose in relation to the theory of the emergence of Christianity. The term "Judeo-Christianity" refers to the early Christian community, whose members were Jews and considered themselves part of the Jewish community. In literature, the term Judeo-Christians often refers to the First Apostolic community before the entry of the “Hellenes” (that is, pagans converted to Christianity), as well as the Jerusalem Church, led by the Apostle James the Righteous.
Judeo-Christianity is also called the moral and ethical principles that shaped the modern worldview of the Western world. In the 1920s, in response to the growth of anti-Semitism in America, a group was formed consisting of a pastor, rabbi and priest, who carried out outreach throughout the country to form a more pluralistic and tolerant worldview among the population. Thanks to this, they sought to instill an attitude towards America not just as a “Christian country”, but as a “country of three traditions - Protestantism, Catholicism and Judaism." "The phrase" Judeo-Christianity ", which has entered the modern vocabulary as a standard liberal term, reflects the idea that Western values are based on religious consensus, including Jews." [1] Judeo-Christianity is often cited as an example as an opportunity for the peaceful coexistence of two religions. This meaning of the term "Judeo-Christianity" was first expressed on July 27, 1939 in the newspaper "New English Weekly" with the words "Judeo-Christian moral scheme." At present, the phrase “Judeo-Christian values” is widely used in the West.
The use of the term “Judeo-Christianity” was influenced by the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche , who expressed his attitude to the religious doctrine developed by Christianity from Judaism in the book “ Antichrist ”.
The term "Judeo-Christianity" (also "Judeo-Christianity", "Judeo-Christianity") is actively used by neopagans to denote Christianity as a whole [2] [3] .
Christian Vision
It is widely believed among Christians that Christianity has replaced Judaism , therefore Judeo-Christianity is a heretical teaching. This approach is justified by the words of the apostle Paul in the Epistle to the Galatians:
| Now, having known God, or, better, having received knowledge from God, why are you returning to the weak and poor material principles and want to enslave yourself to them again? ( Gal. 4: 9 ) |
Alexander Men about "Judeo-Christianity":
“I'm afraid that Judeo-Christianity does not exist today - this is a myth. There is Christianity of the Jews, just as there is Christianity of the Russians, British or Japanese. Judeo-Christianity is a term that implies a kind of synthesis between Old Testament customs and the New Testament faith. So far, this synthesis does not exist anywhere. However, I must say, looking ahead, he existed: there was a special Judeo-Christian Church that existed for about five centuries at the beginning of our era. ”
Jewish gaze
Judaism does not accept any attempts of Christian proselytism in its ranks, including from those who partially accept some of the rites and concepts of Judaism. From the point of view of the Jews, both Christians and Judeo-Christians are not Jews, sharing some common views with the Jews. Most Jews do not accept the use of the term Judeo-Christianity. Jewish doctrine is radically different from Christian, because the use of the term "Judeo-Christianity" looks like either an attempt to "get alongside" Judaism or to show its continuity.
See also
- Abrahamic religions are monotheistic religions originating from a common ancient tradition dating back to Patriarch Abraham .
- Judeo-Christian paradigm
Notes
- ↑ Sarna, Jonathan. American Judaism, A History. Yale University Press , 2004. p266
- ↑ Surin D. Beware, neo! // Results . - 02.02.2009. - No. 6/660 .
- ↑ Neopagans. We put points over i. (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment February 25, 2010. Archived June 12, 2010.
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Literature
- about. Alexander Men . Bibliological dictionary.
- Judaic // Brief Jewish Encyclopedia, Volume 3, count. 985–989.