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The Start of the State Church - Church Then & Now E7

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Buckle in everyone, Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher discuss the start of the "State church" and universalism, who the "Queen of Heaven" is, and how changing the capital of Rome gave way to a church split and start of a new religion.

Show Notes: 

  • Intro
  • Recap for Season 2 and Episode 6
    • Constantine and Licinius rule
    • Edict of Tolerance (Edict of Milan)
      • A marker of Universalism
  • Constantine declares himself the head of both state and church 
  • Paganism enters the church
    • Gods/goddesses changes into “Saints”
  • Nimrod and his mother-wife “the Queen of Heaven”
    • The title of “Queen of Heaven” is passed down from Babel into every culture from that point forward, just repackaged in a different name.
    • The “queen of heaven” in Catholicism: Mary
  •  Let’s talk about celibacy
  • Confession and a lot of other really good stuff
  • More history about Constantine
    • Constantinople: the beginning of the end of Rome
    • A wedge is created from this capital change
      • Roman Catholic Vs. Eastern Orthodox
      • This wedge leads to another religion: Islam
  • The fade of the Roman Empire 
  • What we’ll cover next


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