Fascinating that you have been able to connect so many ‘religious’ actions that affected the entire western world of the time, as well as most of the Middle East. The aftermath changed the balance of power, greatly increased vulnerability to the poor. We still bear the marks in the current battle for individual rights vs being ruled by elites and working against returning to a feudal society. My minor in college was art history and nearly all artifacts are from the wealthy and/or the church, essentially the same. My Greek ancestors were Greek Orthodox, of course, except my father and one brother. This history tells us also how the Roman church was and still is focused on an universal power on earth.
Thank you for these excellent articles! God bless you.🙏🙏
Though I too am an Anon and I have been a fan of your writing I question your scholarship in relation to Orthodoxy and early Christian theology which seems entirely sourced from Wikipedia or questionably sourced websites. There are also quite a few leaps of supposition and inference not borne out by genuine scholarship. Wikipedia is not a genuine scholarly resource and I would encourage you to read books and reach out to Orthodoxy Christian scholars, priests or monks for another viewpoint. Love in Christ.
Whatever side we look at, we essentially see humans as idiots who without any deep contemplation believe in religious concepts far above their ability to understand, they bunch up into gangs or mobs like soccer fans, and enjoy heading out to bludgeon the other competing teams. About as sophisticated as high schoolers encouraged in their intermural rivalries.
Very interesting. i learned some things today.
Thanks Anon, Great work!!
Fascinating that you have been able to connect so many ‘religious’ actions that affected the entire western world of the time, as well as most of the Middle East. The aftermath changed the balance of power, greatly increased vulnerability to the poor. We still bear the marks in the current battle for individual rights vs being ruled by elites and working against returning to a feudal society. My minor in college was art history and nearly all artifacts are from the wealthy and/or the church, essentially the same. My Greek ancestors were Greek Orthodox, of course, except my father and one brother. This history tells us also how the Roman church was and still is focused on an universal power on earth.
Thank you for these excellent articles! God bless you.🙏🙏
Though I too am an Anon and I have been a fan of your writing I question your scholarship in relation to Orthodoxy and early Christian theology which seems entirely sourced from Wikipedia or questionably sourced websites. There are also quite a few leaps of supposition and inference not borne out by genuine scholarship. Wikipedia is not a genuine scholarly resource and I would encourage you to read books and reach out to Orthodoxy Christian scholars, priests or monks for another viewpoint. Love in Christ.
Whatever side we look at, we essentially see humans as idiots who without any deep contemplation believe in religious concepts far above their ability to understand, they bunch up into gangs or mobs like soccer fans, and enjoy heading out to bludgeon the other competing teams. About as sophisticated as high schoolers encouraged in their intermural rivalries.