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Re: Council of Jerusalem

At 12:05 PM 2/10/96 -0500,Richard Best wrote:
>
>What the rabbis had always taught is that there were some basic
>commandments that were required of everyone...Jew and Gentile alike.
>These are the commandments that were enjoined upon Noah who was not
>considered a Jew, since he was "pre-Abraham." ... The Jerusalem Council was
declaring that the new Christians were retaining>their status as Gentiles
and NOT converting to Judaism--i.e., conversion to Judaism, keeping the
Mosaic Law, fulfilling the Mitzvot, keeping kosher, etc., were NOT to be
required of the Gentiles..
>
Thanks for the info. The question has been irritating me for a long time,
and while I could have taken the time to look it up, I never did.  One of
the benefits of ANGLICAN!
Barbara Wolf

        "But we've got to be careful not to reduce people by cramming
        them in the limits of our understanding, haven't we?"

                                                Reginald Hill