“But the Christians have forsaken their national customs for the law of Christ”. People do not like a minority, such as the Jews, who shut themselves off from their neighbours. They are still more uneasy when they see a new religion, such as that of the Christians, winning converts at the expense of the old religions. That is a threat to society, as society has been. Christians were not bad neighbours, nor disloyal subjects, nor plotters against the State. Most of them
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