Statement

From the fourth century Christianity was no longer a minority but the ruling power. Its laws did more than contain Jews as rivals: they lowered them to second-class citizens, set apart from Christians, deprived of safeguards they had had under the pagan empire and dependent on a government hostile to their faith.

References

1. p. 125

   supports · main text · ch. 5

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Jewish Life in a Christianized Roman Context

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