Christian universal love inevitably produced intolerance toward outsiders

Evidence

Seeking to answer these questions, Freud proposes a return to the origins of “our” civilization, that is to say, to the beginnings of Christian civilization-the foundational “universal love between men.” It is from this universal love that there follows as “an inevitable consequence” the “extreme intolerance on the part of Christendom towards those who remained outside it.” Seeking to account for civilization and its discontents, Freud proposes a return to Paul and to Jesus. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 131

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 131
• XREF: connects to: Christian love of neighbor should not depend on empirical safety calculations — Andrew L. Whitehead, American Idolatry, 403