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Jiang says that by Dante's time the legacy of Rome has been misused for political gain, with church and empire entangled in European geopolitics rather than serving their proper spiritual purpose.
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Church politics
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "the jews betrayal of jesus keep on going and when the lombard tooth bit holy church then charlemagne under the eagle's wings through victories..."
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Pope Leo crowned Charlemagne to assert papal authority, gain military protection from internal enemies, and compete with Byzantium over the legacy of Rome.
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"the jews betrayal of jesus keep on going and when the lombard tooth bit holy church then charlemagne under the eagle's wings through victories..."
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"is saying is that in this time people have misused the legacy of the roman empire to conduct their own wars for political gain..."
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"And this has been true for kings throughout human history, okay? Why did King David sponsor the writing of the Bible? For these three..."
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"But in this process, you always have a faction who refuses to accept the authority of the pope, and this will lead to civil..."
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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Paradise first appears as receptivity rather than rank, then the lecture widens into vows, memory, resurrection, original sin, and Jiang's culminating wager that God created humanity because perfection alone cannot imagine.
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The Holy Roman Empire was not holy, not Roman, and not much of an empire.
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