"I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil
wars as the kingdom of Christ." -- Charles de Montesquieu
(b. 1689-01-18, d. 1755-02-10), Persian
Letters, 1721
I was looking for unbroken *kingdoms* to compare to. I brought the dynasties up as sidebars. Who is it "not fair" to? Who should I be being fair to?
Greeks: fractious, many civil wars. Hard to call it a good example of a kingdom with less civil wars, assuming you call it a kingdom at all (I can't really say 'a collection of city-state' nor 'a parliamentary republic' is a 'kingdom').
I was looking for unbroken *kingdoms* to compare to. I brought the dynasties up as sidebars.
Well, then, is there any way you can define "Kingdom of Christ" such that it meets the criterion "unbroken kingdom"?
Who is it "not fair" to? Who should I be being fair to?
Anyone who disagrees with your statement based on their factual existence as counterexamples to the statement "no kingdom has lasted the entire time of the Kingdom of Christ".
(I can't really say 'a collection of city-state' nor 'a parliamentary republic' is a 'kingdom').
Nor can I say a loose collection of dozens of denominations who have rarely in the past thousand years all agreed on even the name of their ruler is a 'kingdom'.
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(The Chinese and Egyptian dynasties can be considered to go way longer, but I don't have a feel for the density of civil war within them.)
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The Greeks have, too.
Also, it's really not fair you saying "I don't know anything about the Egyptians and Chinese, so they don't count."
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Greeks: fractious, many civil wars. Hard to call it a good example of a kingdom with less civil wars, assuming you call it a kingdom at all (I can't really say 'a collection of city-state' nor 'a parliamentary republic' is a 'kingdom').
Israel: more of a direct comparison.
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Well, then, is there any way you can define "Kingdom of Christ" such that it meets the criterion "unbroken kingdom"?
Who is it "not fair" to? Who should I be being fair to?
Anyone who disagrees with your statement based on their factual existence as counterexamples to the statement "no kingdom has lasted the entire time of the Kingdom of Christ".
(I can't really say 'a collection of city-state' nor 'a parliamentary republic' is a 'kingdom').
Nor can I say a loose collection of dozens of denominations who have rarely in the past thousand years all agreed on even the name of their ruler is a 'kingdom'.