1. Jews did not consider Christians Jews - the Jews did not believe that Jesus Christ fit the requirements of their Messiah.
2. The Christians did not consider themselves Jews - the former believed JC to be the Messiah, but not the Jews.
2. At the time this TL is occurring, the Christians are divided: Peterines (who held everything, including wives, in common) and Paulines, who followed the more austere teachings of the former Saul of Taurus.
3. Romans were the ones who couldn't tell the difference between Christians and Jews - both worshipped one, and only one God and it was the same God; which was the problem for the multi-god worshipping Romans and why they could not tell the difference.
4. Peter was killed during Nero's rule.
5. Paul died approximately 64-67. He was Roman and free. But he would not take a position under Caligula - Paul was the starter of churches, not an emperors lackey. He (Paul) followed only God.
6. While the Torah and other books (even some not in today's Bible) were written, the "New" Testament books were truly started to be organized until the end of the first century AD.
7. This TL is essentially the story of Philip and the Ethiopian (Philip sent by God, met the Ethiopian and converts him by explaining what he'd read (Acts 8: 26+). The Ethiopian was probably reading from Isaiah, which has the most in prophecy about Christ. It just inverts who was called by whom. In the Bible, it's God; in this TL it's Caligula who brings about his own conversion - almost heretical, given what Caligula was raised with. It would make more sense for this Clement to show up and offer to heal the emperor and Caligula's wife allowing him in.
8. Given that this will put the likes of the Vestal Virgins (who kept the wills as well as their other duties), the priests dedicated to other Gods: Zeus, Venus, etc - Caligula is going to be a lot less popular than you're hoping. And dismissing the Senate means almost certain civil war - a Caesar or two after Caligula were overthrown for worshipping a single god. Clement will be lucky to survive his first encounter with Caligula, as both the Praetorian Guard and the Senate would not trust an emperor embracing a foreign religion and repudiating the multiple gods of Rome and Roman households everywhere. Caligula will be watched closely by both and then executed for insulting said gods. It was not until much further down the line that Christians were allowed into the Roman fold openly. Caligula is going to have to make a choice: Emperor or Christian, he can't have both at that time in history. Too many were embracing multiple gods - every household had two or three.
It's an interesting TL (I've been a Christian my whole life), but I'm not sure it has - as written - the power to make Caligula anything other but an emperor who insulted his kingdom by trying to pull Pharaoh's Akhenaten's "one god" philosophy in the BC era. Caligula would probably be executed on a Senatorial vote for "mental" problems.
2. The Christians did not consider themselves Jews - the former believed JC to be the Messiah, but not the Jews.
2. At the time this TL is occurring, the Christians are divided: Peterines (who held everything, including wives, in common) and Paulines, who followed the more austere teachings of the former Saul of Taurus.
3. Romans were the ones who couldn't tell the difference between Christians and Jews - both worshipped one, and only one God and it was the same God; which was the problem for the multi-god worshipping Romans and why they could not tell the difference.
4. Peter was killed during Nero's rule.
5. Paul died approximately 64-67. He was Roman and free. But he would not take a position under Caligula - Paul was the starter of churches, not an emperors lackey. He (Paul) followed only God.
6. While the Torah and other books (even some not in today's Bible) were written, the "New" Testament books were truly started to be organized until the end of the first century AD.
7. This TL is essentially the story of Philip and the Ethiopian (Philip sent by God, met the Ethiopian and converts him by explaining what he'd read (Acts 8: 26+). The Ethiopian was probably reading from Isaiah, which has the most in prophecy about Christ. It just inverts who was called by whom. In the Bible, it's God; in this TL it's Caligula who brings about his own conversion - almost heretical, given what Caligula was raised with. It would make more sense for this Clement to show up and offer to heal the emperor and Caligula's wife allowing him in.
8. Given that this will put the likes of the Vestal Virgins (who kept the wills as well as their other duties), the priests dedicated to other Gods: Zeus, Venus, etc - Caligula is going to be a lot less popular than you're hoping. And dismissing the Senate means almost certain civil war - a Caesar or two after Caligula were overthrown for worshipping a single god. Clement will be lucky to survive his first encounter with Caligula, as both the Praetorian Guard and the Senate would not trust an emperor embracing a foreign religion and repudiating the multiple gods of Rome and Roman households everywhere. Caligula will be watched closely by both and then executed for insulting said gods. It was not until much further down the line that Christians were allowed into the Roman fold openly. Caligula is going to have to make a choice: Emperor or Christian, he can't have both at that time in history. Too many were embracing multiple gods - every household had two or three.
It's an interesting TL (I've been a Christian my whole life), but I'm not sure it has - as written - the power to make Caligula anything other but an emperor who insulted his kingdom by trying to pull Pharaoh's Akhenaten's "one god" philosophy in the BC era. Caligula would probably be executed on a Senatorial vote for "mental" problems.