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Sure, and the first pope was a Roman citizen, and the Empire itself adopted it as the state religion under Constantine, and the vast majority of popes post being legalized by Rome have been headed in Rome the city, and many major, defining characteristics like the rejection of Arianism happened...

You realize that the full name is the Roman Catholic Church right? That it was founded by Romans? That the legacy of the popes starts under Rome?

Catholic Church morality is a Roman institution. It’s in the name, was founded by them and has directly continued and is built off the foundation they laid.

I want to expand a bit on reasoning on why I think most of Western History post the Fall of Rome can be described as the attempt to recreate Rome. Virtually everyone drew some legitimacy from being Roman or a Roman successor. These include the Roman Catholic Church, a direct successor and...

So I had some thoughts on the nature of history and the impact of Rome on Western Civilization. I personally believe that all of Western Civilization is in essence Rome and then after its fall people recreating it or taking aspects of it. Rome went from kingdom, to Republic, to Empire under a...