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Azerty

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Temples holding wealth and temporal authority
« on: August 31, 2014, 03:41:30 pm »

In the history we see temples great landowners in Ancient Egypt and some Abbeys treated, in all intents and purpose, as full-fledged states in some cases.

Could temples be able to exercise the same authority as a law-giver in his domain and/or enrich themselves with the offerings from pilgrims and faithful?
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