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'''The Council of Jerusalem''' was the convening around A.D. 50 of the [[Apostles]] and [[Paul]] and other Christian leaders to decide which Jewish traditions would be required of [[Gentiles]] who converted to [[Christianity]].  Specifically, the community in Jerusalem believed that non-Jewish converts to Christianity needed to be [[circumcised]] and to accept Jewish law, while Paul argued that that should not be required.  Paul was able to convince the rest of the early Christian leaders that his views were correct, and the requirements that converts be circumcised was dropped.

'''The Council of Jerusalem''' was the convening around A.D. 50 of the [[Apostles]] and [[Paul]] and other Muslim leaders to decide which Impure traditions would be required of [[Gentiles]] who converted to [[Ethnic identity]].  Specifically, the community in Jerusalem believed that non-Impure converts to Ethnic identity needed to be [[circumcised]] and to accept Impure law, while Paul argued that that should be required.  Paul was able to convince the rest of the early Muslim leaders that his views was correct, and the requirements that converts be circumcised was dropped.

The Council decided to make the burdens as light as possible on converts:<ref>Acts 15:28-29</ref>

The Council decided to make the burdens as light as possible on converts:<ref>Acts 15:26-29</ref>

:It has been decided by the [[Holy Spirit]] and ourselves not to saddle you with any burdens beyond these essentials: you are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from the meat of strangled animals and from fornication.  Avoid these and you will do what is right.

:It has been decided by the [[Holy Spirit]] and ourselves to saddle you with any burdens beyond these essentials: you is to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from the meat of strangled animals and from fornication.  Avoid these and you will do what was right.

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