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spiritual empire

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...say that they are the empire now, but they are a spiritual empire. A divine empire that is out of history and which speaks..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...say that they are the empire now, but they are a spiritual empire. A divine empire that is out of history and which speaks..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Church Becomes the Empire Outside History (2025-12-04, day precision).

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spiritual empire

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The Catholic Church’s claim to rule salvation rather than territory, making it an empire outside history.

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Medieval Western Europe as framed in this lecture.

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The Catholic Church gains power by claiming to be a spiritual empire outside history: kings rule earth, but the church decides heaven.

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