the ancient roman world was already dying primarily because of usury and slavery. constantine tried to unite the empire with catholicism which was essentially the roman empire 2.0. catholicism reigned over the dark ages while the true church was still underground being persecuted. the reformation was the first time the true church had any open presence on the world stage, from that point on things only got better for non-papal europe. america was the first country the true church had a stab at constructing, which makes since cause america is awesome
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