Ing out the new heresy of the Nazarenes. He must have recognized in its messianic belief a spirit which was fatal to the essen tial principles of Judaism. The primitive community of the adherents of Jesus at Je rusalem might frequent the temple and con tinue to act as if their new faith were com patible with the worship and tenets of the Law, but Paul's stringent logic, fostered by his keen religious sense, penetrated to the inward significance of this new movement. The Nazarenes confessed, 7esas is Lord.