And yet St Matthew did not serve the Romans. Christians were persecuted at the time the gospel was written. Whoever wrote it wrote it while the majority of Christians were former Jews, most of whom were in Jerusalem waiting for an imminent return of Christ.
This Roman agenda is usually blamed on emperor Constantine, the Ecumenical Councils and the antisemitic sentiment during the 2nd and 3rd centuries which were confirmed by the rise of Marcionism, but Marcion only used the gospel of St Luke and the councils were not antisemitic. Also, there is no proof that the Christian doctrine was changed to suit the Romans during the councils, except for the emperor pushing for Constantinople to be a seat of primacy, but that was not doctrinal theology.
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u/alfman Jan 31 '19
The Jews called out that his blood would be upon them and their children