Professor Kozlowski largely abandons today's reading from Augustine's Confessions in order to embark on a brief history of the early Christian church, tracking its evolution from a guerrilla religion fleeing from Roman authorities, through its acceptance as the state religion of Rome, growing through schism, and the rise of the papacy, monasticism, and religious reform.  Where does Christianity end and secular power begin?  How much of developing Christianity is indebted to stoicism, Neo-Platonism, or other cultural forces?  Who the heck knows?

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