to be fair Jesus didn't become popular until everyone realized that if they didn't buy a bible and pay tithes, that the catholic church would set them on fire.

humans are gonna do whatever makes their lives easiest, this is really the only constant in humanity.

look around

Are you trying to connect the teachings of Jesus and the atrocities of man?

The fires only started after Luther committed liturgical arsony, thank you.

It's been the same since.

He also arbitrarily decided to remove several books from canon.

You conservative Christians are certainly doing your best with that evil supply side jesus you worship.

Please consider worshiping the actual Jesus, not that disgusting monstrosity that corroborates your bigotry and hate

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Jesus became plenty popular before this, because the whole idea of his teaching was that you were essentially on equal footing with every other class of humanity.

The church then showed up and institutionalized this and kept a class system in place through things like divine right justification for monarchs etc.

When those atrocities are done in the name of jesus and/or god? I would certainly do so. It's not what one teaches that manifests, it is how another interprets it.
This will not help those confused with the fiction that is the bible.
I feel sorry for thee.

How are men justified?

Church knew, at that time where the power lay.
Telling a conceited self righteous monarch he can be above the laws of mere men would place the priest in good stead with that power. Then, the religeous fed the monarchy and the Kings reciprocated.
Circle of corruption/power is complete and self propelling.
Genius.