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The Origin Story

From a refugee child in Roman-occupied Judea to the Emperor's state religion. The timeline of how a radical Jewish teacher's teachings were gradually transformed into an institution of control.

~4 BC

A Refugee Child in an Occupied Land

Phase 0: The Birth

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~4 BC

Astrologers, Not Kings: The Survival Fund Becomes a Coronation

Phase 0d: The Magi Arrive

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33 AD

The Way Begins

Phase 1: The Oral Tradition

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50–70 AD

Paul's Epistles Written

Phase 2: The First Letters

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70–150 AD

The Gospels & Alternative Texts

Phase 3: The Gospels Written

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180–325 AD

Books Are Banned

Phase 4: The Great Exclusion

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325 AD

The Emperor's Religion

Phase 5: The Council of Nicaea

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354–430 AD

Augustine Invents Eternal Hell

Phase 5b: The Fear Doctrine

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1320 AD

Dante Supplies the Imagery

Phase 5c: The Poet's Hell

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