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The Laws Of Mosess

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One of the differences in the ideas of ministry and mission between Paul and the Church of Jerusalem were based on the need for all new converts into the Jewish-Christian denomination to be circumcised to keep with the “Laws of Moses” (Harris, 2015, p. 297). Jewish Christians insisted on this procedure to be carried out before any foreign members could participate in their religious traditions and sacred events, such as Passover. Other requirements that adhered to the Torah for new converts included abstaining from sexual contact, prohibiting the consumption of blood, or of any animals that had not been drained of blood correctly, and to eat the flesh of any animals that were sacrificed to other unknown gods (Harris, 2015, p. 298). These laws

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