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Mormon God vs the US government (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How?

[โ€“] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Roman emperor was the head of the church, so Christianity became a political tool to manage the population.

The Empire was politically managed by having it divided into two halves, a Greek speaking eastern half and a Latin speaking western half. Which ended up shearing Christianity into Catholic and Orthodox.