ed west (@edwest) on how the church created the west - http://wp.me/p132lW-6ln (^_^)
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@hbdchick Excellent, thx. Bishops had co-ruled cities since l. Roman times; parishes extended control to countryside, initially to... -
@hbdchick ...Christianize remnant pagans ("pagan" = 'countryman', ie 'hick'), but later to stabilize nearly collapsed social order. -
@hbdchick Has any other civilization had anything like the parish system? Communist Party cells don't count. :-) -
@christopherburd hmmmm. nothing comes to mind. -?- will have to think on it. further research is required! (^_^)
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