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JUDAIZERS — JUDAIZERS, persons who, without being Jews, follow in whole or in part the Jewish religion or claim to be Jews. The prototype of the Judaizer was naaman , the minister to the king of Syria, who, after being cured by Elisha, worshiped the God of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judaizers — • A party of Jewish Christians in the Early Church, who either held that circumcision and the observance of the Mosaic Law were necessary for salvation and in consequence wished to impose them on the Gentile converts, or who at least considered… … Catholic encyclopedia
Judaizers — Judaizers, see also , generally describes those who inculcate to Christians the adherence to Torah Laws, which is normally considered the prerogative of followers of Judaism, the parent religion of Christianity. Similarly, One who has Judaized… … Wikipedia
Judaizers — Ju da*iz ers (j[=u] d[asl]*[imac]z [ e]rz), n. pl. See {Raskolnik}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Judaizers — Raskolnik Ras*kol nik (r[a^]s*k[o^]l n[i^]k), n.; pl. {Raskolniki} (r[a^]s*k[o^]l n[i^]k*[=e]) or {Raskolniks}. [Russ. raskol nik dissenter, fr. raskol dissent.] The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Judaizers — Usually understood to refer to the Jewish Christian opponents of Paul s mission to the Gentiles. Judaizers demanded that converts should submit to the full rigour of the Jewish Law as a precondition of Christian baptism (Gal. 2:14). It has been… … Dictionary of the Bible
JUDAIZERS — a party, called also EBIONITES in the primitive Church who sought to overlay the simple ordinances of Christianity with Judaic observances and rites, a yoke which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
INQUISITION — INQUISITION, special permanent tribunal of the medieval Catholic Church, established to investigate and combat heresy. The Early Institution Although the Inquisition was established by Pope gregory ix , it owed its name to the procedure… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Circumcision controversy in early Christianity — Part of a series on The Bible … Wikipedia
Epistle to the Galatians — Epistle to the Galatians † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Galatians GALATIA In the course of centuries, gallic tribes, related to those that invaded Italy and sacked Rome, wandered east through Illyricum and Pannonia. At… … Catholic encyclopedia
