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spiritual authority
Term or model used in this packet's account of Paul, Christianity, Roman power, or church doctrine.
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The Roman Empire adopts Catholicism because it makes slaves work harder through fear of hell.
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Spiritual authority protects wealth better than ordinary kingship because attacking the church risks divine punishment.
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Jiang says Roman dynasties continue through the Catholic Church by storing power, gold, and legitimacy inside it.
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"That's why the Catholic Church will give rise to some people called the Black Nobility, okay? These are 13 families from Rome that still..."
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"So remember the Iliad where Achilles triumphs over Hector, but rather than feeling joy and happiness, he feels only sadness, and he can't even..."
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"a relationship, but you become weaker, you feel tired, you lose hope, you probably don't love that person. That person probably doesn't love you,..."
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"...a king to a god, right? His private wealth now becomes spiritual authority. Not only that, but because he has spiritual authority, he can..."
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"But now you have spiritual authority. Now you represent God. Now you're head of a church, right? And therefore, people can't kill you because..."
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Jesus arrives as a poor prophet of the inner spark; Paul turns that spark into belief, obedience, ritual, hierarchy, and a machine that can outlive Rome.
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