ABSTRACT
The conflict between the elder apostles and Paul was only the beginning of the sectarian strife that henceforth became a constant feature in Christianity. The views of Paul were completely adopted in the development of Christianity, and it has consequently always been considered the duty of a Christian theologian to justify Paulinism by painting the effects of the Law on the Jews in the blackest colours. The work of Paul was resented by the Jewish Christians, headed by the brother of Jesus and the primitive apostles, and Paul himself had to recognize that beside his gospel of uncircumcision, there was another gospel, that of the circumcision. Christianity was, however, saved from the Gnostic peril by a juster appreciation of Judaism in the Graeco Roman Churches, and by their steadfast adherence to the belief in the divine character of the Jewish Scriptures, so fully recognized by Jesus and his apostles.
