this is a compartive study of the politics in the life of christ and the grand inquisitor by dostoyevski -
The Political Threat of Christ
The Political threat of Christ felt by the Romans and the Jewish authorities does not conflict with the accusation made by the Grand Inquisitor that Christ rejected the chance for worldly power and was interested solely in the salvation of his followers. Both the Romans and the Jewish authorities were concerned with the influence that Christ would have on his followers, and the kind of changes that his presence, if acknowledged and legitimized, wou…
