Christianity could not forget its Jewish origin. The Law and the Prophets had been treated as divine utterances by Christ and His Apostles. The ceremonial obligations of Judaism had indeed been relaxed for Gentile converts; but it might still be urged that some of the ancient ordinances, if not obligatory, were yet of value to all Christian believers, if only as the symbols and precepts of a higher standard of sanctity. In the period of reflection which necessarily succeeded to the first enthusiasm