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After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire
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After Julian: Pagans, Jews, & Heretics in the “Christian” Roman Empire I. The Response to Julian
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Bronze coin of Emperor Julian the Apostate
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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)
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Emperor Theodosius I (379-395)
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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
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“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)
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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
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Statue of the Pagan God, Serapis
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Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, standing on the ruins of the Serapeum (fragment of fifth-century Alexandrian chronicle )
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Ruins of the Serapeum The Serapeum (Alexandria), destroyed in 391
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Defacement of Egyptian hieroglyph by Christian monks
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Christian Graffiti: Pagan Statues marked with sign of the cross
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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
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Bishop Ambrose of Milan
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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
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“Ambrose of Milan Expelling Jews or Arians” (Illuminated manuscript, fifteenth century, from Morgan Library, New York, M. 672-5, © Morgan Library)
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“Augustine of Hippo Refuting Heretic,” (Illuminated manuscript, thirteenth century, from Morgan Library, New York, M. 92, © Morgan Library)
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“We prosecute all heresies and perfidies, all schisms and superstitions of the pagans, all doctrines inimical to the Catholic faith.” - Theodosian Code, 425
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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
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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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