Church and State
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The Story of Imperial Rome The Rise of the Roman imperial order, amidst the ruin of its republican counterpart defined the context in which Christianity came to the forefront in late antiquity. The course of the Roman Empire’s success as a civilization has been a source of constant discussion since Polybius’ speculations as detailed in…
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…In examining the past we must ask ourselves, given similar circumstances in different cultures spatially or temporally, and without the benefit of a different moral or ethical understanding than the subject, how would we fair differently? We may indeed do better, or we may fair worse it is not a trivial question…
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The heroes of one age may turn out to be monsters and some of the the monsters may be heroes, but simply because this is sometimes the case does not mean it is always the case and it may not always be that simple.
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Linking this groundwork together, we begin to form a more comprehensive approximation of what has happened. In seeking, we can begin to see more clearly why our world looks the way it does today and perhaps how we can learn from the wisdom and folly of our collective pasts and build a better future.
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In short, if an author from the past says something, there are a few considerations that are needed to find out what they were really trying to say. 1. What is the genre 2. What is their motive 3. What is the historical contextual 4. What is their understanding of the subject?
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The structure will be centered on 5 categories: 1) Ground Work: A contextualization for the history segments 2) Era I: The Imperial Church under Rome and Constantinople 3) Era II: The Medieval Church 4) Era III: The Protestant/Catholic conflicts 5) Era IV: The Modern Church
Of Kings And Clergy 