What is "judaizers"

Judaizers \Ju"da*iz`ers\ (j[=u]"d[asl]*[imac]z`[~e]rz), n. pl. See Raskolnik.

Raskolnik \Ras*kol"nik\ (r[a^]s*k[o^]l"n[i^]k), n.; pl. Raskolniki (r[a^]s*k[o^]l"n[i^]k*[=e]) or Raskolniks. The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20,000,000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2,000,000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. ``Most obnoxious.'' the

Judaizers; the

Molokane, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the

Dukhobortsy, or

Dukhobors, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the

Khlysty, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual self-flagellation, and reject marriage; the

Skoptsy, who practice castration; and a section of the

Bezpopovtsy, or priestless sect, which disbelieve in prayers for the Czar and in marriage. II. ``Obnoxious:'' the

Bezpopovtsy, who pray for the Czar and recognize marriage. III. ``Least obnoxious:'' the

Popovtsy, who dissent from the orthodox church in minor points only. [Written also rascolnik.]

Judaizers is a term for Christians who insist that their co-religionists should follow the Law of Moses. This term is most widely known from its single use in the Greek New Testament (Galatians 2:14) where Paul publicly challenges Peter for compelling gentile converts to Early Christianity to "judaize", also known as the Incident at Antioch.

This term includes groups who claim the necessity of continued obedience to the Law of Moses found in the first five books of the Christian Old Testament. Members of such groups, notably the Seventh-day Adventist Church, dispute the use of the term because "Judaizers" is typically used as a pejorative.

Most Christians believe that much of the Old Covenant has been superseded, while some modern Protestants believe it has been completely abrogated and replaced with the Law of Christ. The Christian debate over Judaizing began in the lifetime of the apostles, notably at the Council of Jerusalem and the Incident at Antioch. It has been carried on parallel to continuing debates about Paul the Apostle and Judaism, Protestant views of the Ten Commandments, and Christian ethics.