[Poohbah]

If I remember right, Vatican II or not, the Jews wanted Christ dead, didn't have the authority to do it themselves, and got the Romans to do it. I don't remember where the Romans turned him over to the Romans. I remember that the Jews turned him over to the Romans.

And Pilate could have turned them down flat--AND he could have made it stick.

Pilate decided to pass the buck and not take responsibility for his own actions.

[Map Kernow]

The Nicene Creed, common to all sects I know of Christianity, says Jesus was crucified "under Pontius Pilate"---nothing in there about the Jews...