This is Jeronimo's testimony (It is evident that his testimony comes 1) after the destruction of Jerusalem, when Jewish Christians were accused of 'high treason' for fleeing the city; 2) after the Jewish wars; 3) after the weakening of the Christian episcopate of the circumcision in Jerusalem.)
Today there still exists among the Jews in all the synagogues of the East a heresy which is called Minaenes, and which is still condemned by the Pharisees; [his followers] are usually called 'Nasarenes'; they believe that Christ, the son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary, and they consider him to be the one who suffered under Pontius Pilate and ascended to heaven, and in whom we also believe. But although they pretend to be Jews and Christians, they are neither. —
Jerome. Epistle 75 to Augustine.
I'm not going to get into the subject of what is true or what is not...
Preaching 'the blood of Jesus' upon the Jews in the synagogues of the Jews was complicated for the churches of Judea, yet they grew nonetheless. Consider the level of religious tolerance among the Jews in the majority. The mission of Jesus was extremely complex. Look at the following messages:
All of this by itself is very confronting, Behold, in the already considerable instability of the situation, the text of the Gospel of the Ebionites emerges, which some claim to be the same as that of the Nazarenes:
'I came to abolish sacrifices: If you do not cease offering sacrifices, the wrath (of God) will not cease to weigh upon you. Epifânio, Haeres. XXX 16
Could this doctrinal formation have happened because the Nazarenes were expelled from the synagogues and later might have been prohibited from making sacrifices, or did they incorporate these doctrines due to a lack of understanding of Jesus’s true mission, as previously discussed in the numbered posts?
Daniel 12:11-13 (NIV)
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From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days. “As for you, go your way till the end.
What did Jesus teach about sacrifices and offerings?
This field is studied by renowned masters and doctors with various books. It is indeed a very complex subject. Perhaps I know only a small part of the subject.
Gentile Christians should only comply with the determinations of the Council of Jerusalem and the natural laws of their countries.
Does the Tanakh prophesy that sacrifices should be abolished?