Editing Severus Alexander (section)

=== Christianity ===
He was extremely tolerant of [[Jews]] and Christians alike. He continued all privileges towards Jews during his reign.<ref name=jew>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Alexander Severus|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1153-alexander-severus|encyclopedia=[[Jewish Encyclopedia]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Grant|first1=Michael|title=Jews In The Roman World|date=1973|publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company|isbn=978-0684133409}}</ref> The ''Historia Augusta'', a source considered to be generally unreliable, relates that Alexander placed images of [[Abraham]] and [[Jesus]] in his oratory, along with other Roman deities and classical figures such as deified emperors, [[Orpheus]] and [[Apollonius of Tyana]], and prayed there every morning.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexander Severus|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13743a.htm|publisher=Catholic Encyclopedia}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Novak|first1=Ralph Martin|title=Christianity and the Roman Empire: Background Texts|date=2001|publisher=Bloomsbury T&T Clark|isbn=978-1563383472}}</ref>