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To: F16Fighter
Thanks to Constantine hijacking the early Christian Church, the Catholic Church sadly began implimenting its many Pagan rites and rituals, charms and intercessory images that have since helped "communicate" with an apparently half-deaf and ignorant God of Abraham.

Let us not be too harsh. Those early church leaders were actually quite concerned that a zealous "layman" would excercise such power over a domain that was not his. The Christian cultural concept of "separation of Church and State" can be traced to this concern.

114 posted on 01/21/2003 12:04:27 PM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord (Once more dear friends into the breach, once more!)
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord
"Those early church leaders were actually quite concerned that a zealous 'layman' would excercise such power over a domain that was not his. The Christian cultural concept of 'separation of Church and State' can be traced to this concern."

The early church leaders concern was well-founded...

The Papacy soon evolved unchallenged to eventually doubly impose its unscrupulous will and power during the entire medieval period "in the name of Christ" as both 'Pope' and 'Emperor.'

122 posted on 01/21/2003 6:29:56 PM PST by F16Fighter
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