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Council of Nicea separates Easter from Passover
Meeting at Nicea in Asia Minor, the First Ecumenical Council moved Easter away from the date of Passover, barred Jews from keeping Christian slaves and banned them from bringing pagans into Judaism.
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- Unknown
- Where
- İznik (Nicaea), Turkey
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Expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem
Jews are expelled and banned from Jerusalem.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Jerusalem
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First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea
First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. The Christian Church separates the calculation of the date of Easter from the Jewish Passover: "It was... declared improper to follow the custom of the Jews in the celebration of this holy festival, because, their hands having been stained with crime, the minds of these wretched men are necessarily blinded....
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- Unknown
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Renewed ban on Jews entering Christian Jerusalem
Under Constantine, Jerusalem became a predominantly Christian city and the prohibition on Jews entering was renewed, except on 9 Av when they could mourn the Temple.
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- Emperor Constantine
- Where
- Jerusalem
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Roman Emperor Constantine I enacts new restrictive legislation
Roman Emperor Constantine I enacts new restrictive legislation. Conversion of Christians to Judaism is outlawed, congregations for religious services are curtailed, but Jews are also allowed to enter Jerusalem on the anniversary of the Temple's destruction.
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- Roman Emperor Constantine I
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Constantine's restrictions on Jewish rights
Constantine banned Jewish proselytizing, intermarriage and the owning of slaves by Jews, sharply limiting their rights in the Roman Empire.
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- Emperor Constantine the Great
- Where
- Roman Empire (several countries)
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