These are not the founders of antisematism; Tomás de Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1483–1498),Diego de Deza, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1498–1507),Adrian of Utrecht, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1518–1522),Juan Pardo de Tavera, Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1539–1545).
They were so worried that Jews were like the Moors who caused all sorts of conflicts.
After the advent of Christianity, a new anti-Judaism evolved. Initially, Christianity was seen as simply another Jewish sect, since Jesus and the Disciples were Jewish and preached a form of Judaism. In the year 70 C.E., the Romans destroyed the Jewish State, and most Jews were scattered throughout the ancient world. During the first few hundred years after the crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans, adherents of both Judaism and Christianity co-existed—sometimes peacefully, sometimes with animosity—as they sought to practice their faiths in the same lands. With the conversion of the Roman emperors, Christianity became the sole established religion of the Roman Empire, and the early church fathers sought to establish Christianity as the successorto Judaism. The refusal of Jews to accept Jesus as the Messiah was viewed as a threat to theRoman rulers and to Christianity. Since both religions came from the Old Testament, Christians sought to establish the validity of their new religion by claiming that it superseded Judaism. "The big Lie"