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and download it today. Welcome back to the history of the papacy podcast, a podcast about the Popes of Rome and Christian Church.

Prepare yourself to step behind the ropes and leave the official tour of the story of the

popes and Christianity. I am your host, Steve Guerra, and I thank you for joining me on this journey. Episode 3.31, Speculations Part 2.

In my final episodes, Steve Gwera of the History of the Papersy podcast and I

are mulling alternative histories of earliest Christianity.

We are working through a collection of divergence points from our timeline and wondering what

might have happened. We presented our first two scenarios in part one of this series.

This time, we look at three new and independent scenarios.

First, what if Christian missionaries had never preached to the pagans?

Second, what may have happened if Christian missionaries had ignored the Roman Empire and proselytized Empathia instead?

Third, what would have become of Christianity if the Jewish revolts had never occurred?

And the temple stood to the end of the empire.

Hope you enjoy our musings.

Okay, Steve, let's tackle the third scenario.

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