However, Hebrew authority under Romen colonialism romanced with the Roman authority to persecute the saviour’s fold. This ugly romance led to execution of Yahoshea Meshyach and his immediate disciples.
After the death of Yahoshea Meshyach as accounted, the disciples carried out intensive mobilization or evangelism of the good news of Yahoshea in the Hebrew territory as well as other Roman controlled areas. The acts of these disciples attracted converts of Pagans into the fold as put by Elaine Pagels as thus- “As the saviour’s fold emerged within the Roman Empire, it challenged pagan converts, too, to change their attitudes and behaviour.
Many pagans who have been brought up to regard marriage essentially as a social and economic arrangement, homosexual relationships as an expected element of male education, prostitution, both male and female, as both ordinary and legal and divorce, abortion, contraception and exposure (to death) of unwanted infants as matter of practical expedience embraced, to the astonishment of their families, the saviour’s message which opposed these practices”.
The conversion of Roman pagans into the fold inflexed the ministry of Yahoshea Meshyach with philosophical framed Greeks and Romans which posed a great threat to the ministry during second centaury A.D.
The religious conscience as put in place by Yahoshea Meshyach was challenges by the philosophies of Greece who joined the ministry and with passage of time became dominant above the Hebrew brethren and their principles.
Through this unfortunate development, the doctrines and dogmas that were laid down by Yahoshea as the founder of the sect were replaced by Greek and Roman Pagan traditions and customs. This development brought into the assembly among others the abominable heresies and terminologies that took over from the simple scriptural teachings of the fold. This ushered in the era of confusion of true identification and mission of the fold.
These intra- conflict ensued in the fold till entrance of the state authority who mixed up the religious community along with others that do active business to form what is presently known as Roman Catholic Church.
Advent of the state religion brought acute seduction or marriage of pure doctrines of Yahoshea and those of Pagan Roman. Historian Will Durant put it in this form, “The church took over some religious customs as forms common in pre-Yahoshea’s era – the stole and other vestments of Pagan priests, the burning of candles and everlasting light before the alter, the worship of the saints, the architecture of the Basilica, the law of Rome as basis for canon law, the title of Pontifex Maximus for the Supreme Pontiff, and in the fourth century, the Latin language… soon the Bishops, rather than the Roman prefects, would be the source of order and the seal of power in the cities, the metropolitans, or Archbishops would support, if not supplant, the provincial governors, and the synods of bishops would succeed the provincial assembly. The Roman Church followed in the footsteps of the Roman state”.
As the Church of Rome took over the religious rights of Yahoshea’s fold, it effected changes that include his personal name, the identity of his fold and the doctrines or mission of his manifestation.
By these deadly changes, the only and original name of the savior Yahoshea Meshyach became changed to Izeus Soter and later to Jesus Christ of this age. By this unfoldment, the identical name of his assembly changed from Yahosheanism to Christianity.
Under the identity “Christianity”, the church pacified its intension of rooting out all Hebrew consciousness in the new formulated fold. By 4th century, Constantine the Great through edict consolidated the transfer of the culture of Sabbath rest or worship of the Yahosheanism faith to Sunday worship of Sun God followers.
The edict of Constantine over Sabbath rest was followed up by succeeding Emperors and Popes who decreed against observation of Sabbath rest by the church or its faithful.
By 5th century Ad, laws against Sabbath keepers were promulgated and too many sincere seekers or followers of Yahoshea who violated the orders of Roman Catholic Church were either imprisoned or killed. This age marked the era of darkest era in which all changes of truth with regards to Yahoshea’s life and ministry were carried out and way of truth were closed. The church became entirely Roman business and Hebrews were forced to withdraw interest or be coerced into worship of Pagan traditions of Rome as Christians.
Equally, as Christianity usurped the religious rights and position of Yahosheanism, there was no congregational structure for faithful that intend to follow the real path laid by Yahoshea Meshyach. Many Hebrews who were keenly interested in following of the Yahoshean percepts reluctantly became converted into Christianity and were identified as Christian Hebrews and as the church persecuted the Hebrews, they returned the persecution to their brothers (Christian Hebrews) and their citizenship were at stake since Hebrew nation sees a Hebrew from the angle of the Hebrew religion.
Hebrew religion share many things in common with Yahosheanism but there are areas of difference which were spotted by Yahoshea Meshyach during his ministration.
Many Hebrew citizens worked along with Greek brethren during the later days of some of the immediate disciples of Yahoshea or early after their exit. Such people include Euodius who was appointed by apostle peter as the overseer of Antioch in 53 AD. His appointment took place in the time of Claudius Ceaser and he retained his post till his martyrdom in 68 AD.
Likewise, Evaristus was a Hebrew citizen who was appointed as the overseer of Rome in AD 100. He was equally murdered as a martyr.
Another Hebrew national that was prominent amongst Greek dominance over the Yahoshean brethren was Hegesippus who was regarded as one of the first church historians. He quoted largely from the goodness scripts to the Hebrews as the final authority on the life and teachings of Yahoshea.
In the record that bears of him, it was stated that he witnessed that some of the books of Apocrypha were forged during his lifetime.
When the church has consolidated itself with full swing of pagan Roman doctrines, many Hebrew citizens squeezed themselves into the sect and made it their basic religious conviction. Some of them rose to high ranks and profile in the church and became veritable allies or weapons for evangelism to the Hebrews by the church. Some were fanatic extremists that they were regarded as Hebrew Apostates.
One of such Hebrews was Halevi Solomon, who was renamed Pablo De Santa Maria in 14th century AD. As an ardent Christian, he was promoted to serve as the Archbishop of Burgos and is known today as Paul De Burgos.
Church record bear that Halevi (Abnor) did everything in his power to combat Rabbinic Judaism which prevented the Hebrew people from hearing or accepting the gospel of the church. He became known amongst Hebrew circle as the most virulent representative of anti-Judaism because he initiated an intensified persecution of Hebrews in Spain during the 14th and 15th centuries by formulation of complete theory which claims the necessity and justification of such persecution.
He adviced the Roman authority to abolish the Hebrew’s autonomy, arguing that messiah could not come to the Hebrews until the Hebrews possess no authority, not even such petty power as is exercised over them by their Rabbis and communal wardens who hold vain promises to them in order to
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