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1 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire

2 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian

3 Bronze coin of Emperor Julian the Apostate

4 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian II. Increasing Intolerance: The Reign of Theodosius I (379-395)

5 Emperor Theodosius I (379-395)

6 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian II. Increasing Intolerance: The Reign of Theodosius I (379-395) A. Late Roman Law

7 “They shall be smitten first by divine vengeance and afterwards by the retribution of our punishment, which we shall assume in accordance with the judgment of heaven.” Edict of Theodosius I (Theodosian Code)

8 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian II. Increasing Intolerance: The Reign of Theodosius I (379-395) A. Late Roman Law B. Anti-Pagan Violence

9 Statue of the Pagan God, Serapis

10 Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, standing on the ruins of the Serapeum (fragment of fifth-century Alexandrian chronicle )

11 Ruins of the Serapeum The Serapeum (Alexandria), destroyed in 391

12 Defacement of Egyptian hieroglyph by Christian monks

13 Christian Graffiti: Pagan Statues marked with sign of the cross

14 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian II. Increasing Intolerance: The Reign of Theodosius I (379-395) A. Late Roman Law B. Anti-Pagan Violence C. The Role of Bishops: The Ambrose-Symmachus Affair

15 Bishop Ambrose of Milan

16 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian II. Increasing Intolerance: The Reign of Theodosius I (379-395) A. Late Roman Law B. Anti-Pagan Violence C. The Role of Bishops: The Ambrose-Symmachus Affair D. Jews & Heretics

17 “Ambrose of Milan Expelling Jews or Arians” (Illuminated manuscript, fifteenth century, from Morgan Library, New York, M. 672-5, © Morgan Library)

18 “Augustine of Hippo Refuting Heretic,” (Illuminated manuscript, thirteenth century, from Morgan Library, New York, M. 92, © Morgan Library)

19 “We prosecute all heresies and perfidies, all schisms and superstitions of the pagans, all doctrines inimical to the Catholic faith.” - Theodosian Code, 425

20 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian II. Increasing Intolerance: The Reign of Theodosius I (379-395) A. Late Roman Law B. Anti-Pagan Violence C. The Role of Bishops: The Ambrose-Symmachus Affair D. Jews & Heretics III. Slow Christianization

21 After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian II. Increasing Intolerance: The Reign of Theodosius I (379-395) A. Late Roman Law B. Anti-Pagan Violence C. The Role of Bishops: The Ambrose-Symmachus Affair D. Jews & Heretics III. Slow Christianization A. Social & Cultural Factors in Conversion


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