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Late Roman Christianity initially operated through multiple autonomous major churches, not a single centralized church hierarchy.
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Local Autonomy
The Holy Roman order is a delicate balance because princes benefit from church-emperor legitimacy while still demanding local autonomy against church and imperial authority.
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The Holy Roman Empire was not truly an empire because its emperor lacked absolute will, depended on allies, and faced rebellious prince-electors protecting local autonomy.
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The Holy Roman order is a delicate balance because princes benefit from church-emperor legitimacy while still demanding local autonomy against church and imperial authority.
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"...guys? Alright? Alright. But in this system, okay, local churches have local autonomy. Because you're trying to let in local elites, okay?"
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"If you let in local elites, you have to give them autonomy. And, towards the end of the Roman Empire, there are five major..."
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"Okay? So the Roman Empire died a long time ago. The Roman Empire died a long time ago. Okay? So the Byzantines were an..."
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"So the Holy Roman Empire was a useful fiction for its time in order to present the idea of legitimacy and unity across a..."
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"Okay. And it does that through its local churches. Right? The priests. Because if you think about it um the people are interacting with..."
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"They had a lot of local autonomy. They were a very independent and very egalitarian nation. And everyone there, because it was cold, it..."
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"...Other churches, especially in Rome, they want now to assert their local autonomy. Okay? So, this created a major controversy called iconoclasm. Iconoclasm. Iconoclasm..."
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"...they are working with local governors. So each region is allowed local autonomy. And each governor is called a satrap. So they are working..."
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The Holy Roman Empire was not holy, not Roman, and not much of an empire.
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