Theodosius I

Theodosius I
(c. 346–95)
   Roman emperor 379–95. Theodosius was the last to exercise undivided rule over the whole of the Roman Empire, before it split into East and West. While a devout Christian, he was anxious to assert the supremacy of imperial law. Since the practice of the Jewish religion was lawful, he protected the Jews against the fanaticism of the clergy, and intervened against the burning of synagogues. He had frequent occasion to try to restrain the zeal of John CHRYSOSTOM of Antioch, who fulminated against the Jews from the pulpit.
   The emperor continued to recognize the authority of the Jewish patriarch in Palestine, confirming his right to excommunicate members of his community, and forbidding the secular authorities to interfere in the domestic affairs of the Jews. On the other hand, he damaged their economic life by allowing Jewish- owned slaves in certain cases to be converted to Christianity and lost to their Jewish masters without redress.

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