The Church was not originally a building no matter how grand if you are a Christian then the People are the Church, the Leaders and teachers had no rank or extra remuneration but we're considered the same as everyone else. It was Constantine who incorporated Christianity with the Roman way of life as Rome's official Religion and the Church leaders officials and their reps then assumed rank and money.
Know this you will need a King James Bible, it's strange but it works even today .....
Revelation 13. 18
Here is Wisdom, let he (or she) who has knowledge, calculate the number of the beast, for his name is Six Hundred and threescore and six.
Then do this, Eight Hundred and Eight.score and Eight.
Robert
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