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BUT around the diciples were priests.. pagan priests.. many of them

Like the Jewish High Priests? You consider Judaism a cult, a pagan cult?

Mostly ROMAN.. from ROMAN Gods

Again, you seem to not have read a line of history -- Judea was mostly Jewish Israelite, except for Idumeans (Edomites) who had been forcibly converted to Judaism by the Maccabees.

Judea was surrounded by nations that worshipped gods like Chamosh (of the Moabites) or Anatolians goddesses like that of the Earth Mother Cybele -- have you ever heard of those?

The non-indigineous gods were GREEK, like Athena etc. or, a really popular god at that time was Persian, or maybe Hindu -- Mithras. Have you ever heard of those?

Roman gods? Ha! The Ancient Romanics never developed a strong religion of their own, but adopted Greek gods (Mars = Ares, Zeus = Jupiter, Hercules = Heracles).

and you DO realise that there is a difference between ancient Romans like Mark Antony, Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus and between Catholicism, don't you?

and you do know that the Byzantines never called themselves that, but called themselves Romaioi (Romans)? So, would you then call modern day Greeks, turks, Bulgars, etc. Romans?

And what would you call Romanians?

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[.. and you DO realise that there is a difference between ancient Romans like Mark Antony, Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus and between Catholicism, don't you? ..]

Sure.. There was no Roman Catholicism until Constantine forced all those pagans to become christians.. if that was possible.. which is wasn't.. After that instantly "priests" were needed to assuage the pagans.. pagans needed priests.. Thats where the term "priest" became a psuedo christian word.. And Roman Catholism became a Cult.. as it is today..