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Empire had to control their religion back in the day.
You can’t have somebody else own your religion because then they also tax your populace - England didn't want to have to send payments down to Rome.
The Catholic Church in the Venetian empire terminated with the Doge in Venice - not to the Pope of Rome.
There's a reason we call it the *Roman* Catholic Church - there were many others!
Venice started declining when they lost control of the church - they couldn’t afford it.
Even the US has “In God We Trust” on the dollar bills.
-- an excerpt from the Saylor Series Episode 2 - the Rise of Man through the Dark and Steel Ages, its 2-minute version can be found here
https://www.2minutebitcoin.org/blog/saylor-series-episode-2-the-rise-of-man-through-the-dark-and-steel-ages-robert-breedlovePublished at
2023-04-22 19:51:10Event JSON
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