In this lecture, we learned about the faith of the Jewish people. Before, they needed not to have much faith, since they had the temple and believed that the presence of God was in the temple at all times. They would go to the temple to make sacrifices, and would cleanse themselves of their sins frequently. With the temple's destruction, however, they were forced to have faith that God still heard their pleas and still accepted their sacrifices. For some, this challenge was too great and they turned from their Jewish customs. For others, they found it easy to change from the temple to the synagogue as their new form of worship, and enjoyed having a physical building where they could go and be in the presence of God.
For the Christians, they began to depart from the customs of Judaism and realized that God was omnipresent and with them everywhere that they went. For them, the Holy Sepulcher became the central and most important part of Jerusalem, but was never considered to be as prominent as the temple previously was. For them, they believed that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher had become the new axis mundi, and the temple mount was no longer of such great significance. Pilgrimages to Jerusalem continued, and for this reason many new churches sprung up around the city, as new attractions for people all over the world to visit.
For the Christians, they began to depart from the customs of Judaism and realized that God was omnipresent and with them everywhere that they went. For them, the Holy Sepulcher became the central and most important part of Jerusalem, but was never considered to be as prominent as the temple previously was. For them, they believed that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher had become the new axis mundi, and the temple mount was no longer of such great significance. Pilgrimages to Jerusalem continued, and for this reason many new churches sprung up around the city, as new attractions for people all over the world to visit.
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