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[–] 4 points 5 months ago

Christianity post-Jesus but pre-Constantine. They met in small groups in a person's home. It was a book club for how to be a better person because (setting atheist skepticism aside) that was Jesus' original teaching.

Once it became a state religion, it was all about the power. After the fall of Rome, the Catholic Church was effectively a nation state - controlling territory, collecting taxes, etc.

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