This was from before I subscribed to you site. It very much illustrates what has been happening in 2025, the whipsaw between Left and Right. The Left has been trying and failing to unseat Christianity, religion of any kind, from seats of power is politics and academia, and the Right has been trying and failing to return Christianity and religion to its "rightful" (pun intended) place.
Christianity has not righted itself since Constantine's placing it in the power constellation, which took it from its seat in the heavenlies down to earth. What Jesus started was a Kingdom of Heaven, not an earthly kingdom where moth and rust corrupt and thieves break in and steal. For if it were on the world, he would have called down legions of angels to defend him against the religious and political powers that sought his death. He was to restore his rightful place as the sole ruler of his people, which Samuel had warned the Jews they were rejecting in demanding an earthly king over themselves so many centuries ago. Now Constantine had put in place what would shortly become an earthly church, ruled by men in place of their Lord. To be replaced by vicars was to unseat who became but a vicarious king.
"The political situation led to much dissemination and moral cowardice ..."
Dissimulation, maybe?
Excellent article, lots of food for thought. "Everyone believes in freedom of conscience until they’re winning."
Whoops! Thank you. I have changed!
You're welcome. The eye sees the consonants, and the brain thinks, "That looks right!"
All sounds disturbingly familiar..
Maybe the newer additions to the Roman Empire had never grown up with the Roman Gods? Maybe they also noticed they would never become “patricians”?
This was from before I subscribed to you site. It very much illustrates what has been happening in 2025, the whipsaw between Left and Right. The Left has been trying and failing to unseat Christianity, religion of any kind, from seats of power is politics and academia, and the Right has been trying and failing to return Christianity and religion to its "rightful" (pun intended) place.
Christianity has not righted itself since Constantine's placing it in the power constellation, which took it from its seat in the heavenlies down to earth. What Jesus started was a Kingdom of Heaven, not an earthly kingdom where moth and rust corrupt and thieves break in and steal. For if it were on the world, he would have called down legions of angels to defend him against the religious and political powers that sought his death. He was to restore his rightful place as the sole ruler of his people, which Samuel had warned the Jews they were rejecting in demanding an earthly king over themselves so many centuries ago. Now Constantine had put in place what would shortly become an earthly church, ruled by men in place of their Lord. To be replaced by vicars was to unseat who became but a vicarious king.