" The jester thought for a minute and said, "Well,they are all wise men, but have different ideas about the moon.

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Because it was precisely because of this one world, run by the Romans and maintained by the Romans, that allowed the spread of Christianity, to a great extent, both ideologically and thought-wise, as well as simply physically.

因为正是由罗马人统治维持的，这个统一的世界，给予基督教在大范围面积内广为传播的机会，不仅是在意识形态和智慧方面，还有物质条件方面。

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