[Uncle Chip]

Rome in the mid first century was the center of an empire and the largest city in the world. It had the largest Jewish population of anywhere outside of the Holy Land.

However in 49 AD Claudius issued a decree for all the Jews to leave Rome and from then on they were personnas non grata there.

Babylon in the mid first century was an abandoned city in ruins with almost nobody living there.

Babylon was a caravan stop, not nearly what it used to be, but a great place to establish a church, since it was a transit route east and west, north and south. And according to Josephus the surrounding area was home to nearly a million Jews, while Rome had at most 20,000.

The Church fathers were always in agreement that Babylon was code for Rome.

Do you know who has that code book now? Is that code book part of the canon of scripture? Did they also have a secret decoder ring that came with it?

[Salvation]

**Do you know who has that code book now? Is that code book part of the canon of scripture? Did they also have a secret decoder ring that came with it?**

Oh, it's a secret code. You have to be Catholic to learn it! <saecasm off/