What were Jesus and early Christians like?

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Apparently, three hundred years after Jesus' supposed death, the early Christians weren't a peaceful lot.

http://www.luc.edu/roman-emperors/julian.htm

Julian the Apostate has always interested me because his way to defeat Christianity actually made sense. He didn't make them martyrs but refused financial incentives that they received under earlier Christian emperors and tried to point out that although Christianity came from Judaism it went against traditional Jewish thought.

One of the main results of Christian impiety that offended Julian was their propensity to cause disruptions in the communities they lived in. One such case was in Alexandria, where the citizens lynched the unpopular bishop George after he had threatened to destroy the temple to the emperor's Genius.Wiki: Julian wrote a scathing letter to the citizens of Alexandria in 362 in which he asserted that the actions of the citizens had threatened the welfare of the community. According to Julian, the perpetrators had forgotten their forefathers. Furthermore, because the gods had appointed him to rule the world, the citizens had acted immoderately in slaying George without consulting Julian.Wiki: Similarly, he wrote a letter to Hecebolius in which he denounced the Arian Christians in Edessa for causing public riots and disturbing the harmony. He threatened to withdraw his clemency from that region if such continue

So, George was lynched because he threatened to destroy the temple belonging to another faith and Christians rioted in Edessa. It doesn't sound as if Christians were very peaceful, law abiding citizens

I think that I read somewhere, and I can't find it now, that Julian also favored groups of Christians who had been thrown out of cities by other sects of Christians.

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