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Originally Posted by Shoonra
I am very weary of propagandists who confuse the Roman Catholic Church with the Holy Roman Empire.
The Holy Roman Empire, as historians have repeatedly pointed out, was not Roman -- it was Germanic and Central European, it was not an empire -- it was an alliance of several autonomous kingdoms and principalities, and it was not Holy -- most of the territory it covered was a hodgepodge of pagan cults which actually claimed superiority over Christianity.
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No confusion here, the Empire didnt do a hardly a thing without the Bishop of Rome's blessing! He anointed their emperors, arbitrated territorial disputes (read the Romanus Pontifex) and had the power of life and death over it's subjects thru various inquisitions. Without the church, the Holy Roman Empire would've self destructed via nationalism far sooner than it did.
As for the church being Christian (followers of The Way), forget it! The Roman church is a dressed up version of Babylonian Baal/Astarte religion. Semiramis declared Nimrod to be God and after his death declared their son Tammuz to be the Son of God. Alexander Hislop's text Two Babylons, goes into great detail. The woman has been riding the mindless rulers of the beast system for millenia and still does today. Kinda funny its the only "church" that is recognized as a sovereign entity by this worlds governments and its leader recognized as a head of state.