Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-20

Jewish ecclesiastical law. Christ. No saw.
eas hleinncr OF the sect Of h, scenes bn
ny ,he socialists and NihIlls,s of tbs,
usyi uenylhg the existence Of nroner,r
l'En,s,tne authority Of the laws ana soc,, u
Issulatlohs, He was regarded H., ~.
honiahs rs dangerous leader ~ & bsn-
set9us political league, as perhsrs a.,
authority of a conspiracy ngajnst b,,,,' w
authority In Judea, and as one w..
.oaohihgs aud example We're nkclv ~ ln,S
20 turbulence and revolt. Ue was ST.
lore apprehcnded, tried, conyirtcd sn,
executed by them for the pnrnnso ~ -" ~
moving one whom they reUar,led a. ~,
incendiary character aud whose tcscl,t,,'.'
ana example menacod danqor ~ teo
homan provincial system al m conn,ry
Rabbi SCHNEIDER saws that the narrsti,o
gospels are mere collections ~ noatir,,
traditions, which were committed int
their present form substantially from one
70 three centuries after the time when
ten. wy" wiz
This scholar and orator further ,,,s
trates and euiorces hisargument bv sbn,-.
Ing that Christ was not tried nor eyccntea
according To the Jewish forms Of instjc,
III you Scan,n he SAYS, ,,the Jewish is,,
from It's beginning To its end Won Nil
llnd that no such trial as Is related In ,hs
Gosrels could ever have taken Mace
The whole form Of proceeding. as toIJ In
the Gospels, Is illegal, accordlnp 70 ,bc
law. ~ ~ Wv 'V"'su
rms iScertalnly new feature in the dis.
vussIoh relatlNe 10 the origin OF Christian.
~ according to the Gospels, pontius
' hote' inc Roman provincial magistrate,
uc9lreu 10 release Christ, aud only at
iehgth decreed His execution IN obedience
70 inc malignant clamor of the Jews, aud
from MS desire 10 preserve his own pnpu
,aIlIy among them. How this tradition
became embalmed as history Rabbi
SCHNEIDER says;
me whole charge was fabrication of
the early church, At the time when the
gospels were written most OF the mem.
pers oi the church were Gentles, and IL
was ~ that time elready evident that the
GENTLE world and not the limited Jewish
circle was to be the future field for the
missionary efforts OF the church. The
koman empire comprised almost the
whole OF the known world, aud every In.
dWidual took u certain pride In beng
N"hANl NlNletus INC Jews, ON lliD other
hand, were only small nation They
We're then living in small communities,
scattered over all the provinces of the
roman empire. They were, furthermore,
disliked on account Of their rigorous
laws, which would not allow their anal.
gamation with their nelghbors. They
were hated at the imperial court ON nc.
count of their obstinacy and the riotous
character which they showed in frequent
reyolts. The charge was therefore laid
before their door, and the Roman was
told that the j 9ws had killed his Savior;
that the Roman authorities even had en-
deayored to save Him from the violence
OF the populace, but had been uusuccess-
iul such story was pleasing to the
Gentle world, aud even seemed probable
and plausible. The masses which gained
by II prctcXt of visiting their anger on
Il class which they hated did not investi
gate the matter any further, and thus the
untounded and malicious charge was
handed down from generation to genera.
ton 10 this very day.