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In this episode, Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher walk us through what went on during "the gap." The timeframe after Christ and before Constantine.

Show Notes:

Intro
Recap of Season 2 up to this point
Historical details matter
What happens during “The Gap”
- Between the era of the Early Church and the Rise of the Roman Catholic Church
- The apostles pass the baton
- Christianity spreading outside of Jerusalem
  - To Middle East, Greece, Rome, etc
- Christians are heavily persecuted by Rome
  - Nero, Diocletian, etc
- Attacks on the church change from outside-in, to inside-out
- The church by name gains more visibility, while the true church becomes invisible
- Ethan has a flash from the past: The Storytellers animated series from his childhood
- How spiritual-political rulers are used throughout scripture
  - Nebuchanezer > Cyrus > Xerxes > And on
- Throwing it forward to a use of a spiritual-political ruler in the End Times
- The cycle that God uses
History lesson
- Tyrants that come before Constantine
- The difference between the title of a “Caesar” and “Augustus”
- Where did Constantine come from? His story told.
Was the early church’s goal to conquer through war?
Why would Constantine use the sign of the cross? What was he after?
The edict of tolerance
- The mixture of paganism and Christianity
- Polytheism enters the “church”
This is the moment where the visible church completely separates from the true/invisible church
- The State church

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