Roman Christianity has gained the ascendancy in western culture as the one and only version of Christianity, but anciently there was another equally viable interpretation of Christ and His Teachings. The pre Christ polar opposition between Judaism and Nazoreanism was reflected after Christ by the polarity between Pauline and Gnostic (Nazorean) Christianity. In this article we will seek to further elucidate the differences between these two traditions.

This original group of Nazarene disciples had firsthand knowledge of what Yeshu and Miryai had taught and stood for, and were holding to the original vision. The non-Nazarene "Jewish-Christians", or Roman Christians, and the "Gentile Christians", on the other hand, did not have or want the firsthand knowledge possessed by the original Nazarenes, but instead prefered creating their own myths concerning the Christ. This led to conflict and eventual persecution of the Nazarenes. The more powerful and numerous gentile Christians eventually removed most vestiges of the original Nazarene Way from their gentile gospel, and what little was left of the original Nazarene Way was only partially preserved by the monastic orders which slowely began to arise as the Nazarenes were persecuted into extinction, yet these were highly Judaized by their use of Jewish Psalms.

When they rewrote history, it appears that these Roman Christians associated the original Essene-Nasorene disciples and their descendents with the semi-converted Pharisee Nazorenes and their remnants, refering to both groups as "Jewish Christians", casting them in the light of narrow minded Pharisee Jews incapable of fully accepting their Christ. They created many laws and false impressions of the original heirs of Yeshu and Miryai.

Due to rapid growth and a general "diaspora" dispersion due to persecution and other factors, original Nazorenes quickly divided into numerous and varied factions and groups. The small central core of original Yeshu-Miryai disciples, attempting to live a pure Essene communal life, were quickly outnumbered by vast conversions from non-essene circles. These gentile converts, with their Roman and Greek customs and lifestyles, eventually rejected the original Nazarene Way in favor of their own adaptation and revision of the original Gospel. When they gained political power after 135 A.D. they rewrote history and the New Testament in a manner fitting their own divergent views and lifestyles, rendering it only a shadow of its original glory. They sucessfully destroyed, or drastically altered, most of the original writings and customs of the earliest disciples. This fulfiled a prophecy that the Times of the Gentiles would hold sway until an eventual resurgence and return of the true Israelite (Essene Nazorene Ebionite) Way.  The resultant tradition is that which we refer to as Pauline, or Roman Christianity. This false form of Nazoreanism is alluded to in the 30th chapter of the Doctrine of Kings text:
 

"The Yardna (Path) in which Messiah Paulis ("Apostle" Paul) was baptized have I made into a "cesspool" (dead religion).
The bread which Messiah Paulis (Pauline Christians) receive have I made into "sacrament" (false sacrament).
The drink which Messiah Paulis receives, have I made into a "supper" (false eucharist).
The headband which Messiah Paulis receives, have I made into a "priesthood" (priestcraft).
The staff which Messiah Paulis receives, have I made into a "dung-stick" (Bishop's Crosier).
Gnosis of Life (Yeshu Messiah) speaks: Let me warn you, my brothers, let me warn you, my beloved!
Let me warn you, my brothers, against the […. ]who are like unto the cross.
They lay it on the walls; then stand there and bow down to the woodblock.
Let me warn you, my brothers, of the god (Roman theology), which the carpenters have joined together.
If the carpenter has joined together the god, who then has joined together the carpenter?"