WESTERN CIV: IT’S THE CHURCH. THE CONTENT OF CHRISTIANITY LOOKS IRRELEVANT. The

WESTERN CIV: IT’S THE CHURCH. THE CONTENT OF CHRISTIANITY LOOKS IRRELEVANT.

The west is unique for reasons that appear to be entirely the product of aristocracy.

The church was weak. The tribes were strong. It is the administrative relationship between them that created western culture’s unique attributes: a responsible monarchy.

The actual content of the bible is pretty much a set of analogies that could be applied to circumstance. But it reflected rather than created the west.

Aristocracy is more important than Christianity.

Never imagined that would be the case.