[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

As a fan of Roman History this seems to be a handy description of most of the officials in the later Roman Empire in the late fourth century AD, with enough changes as to be not useful as an accurate account of the Imperial Constitution of that period. Other than that I do not see its relevance to anything. Perhaps you can next post a thread about changes in insect life in Australia in the first millennium AD.

[Gamecock]

Other than that I do not see its relevance to anything.

Other than the fact that there are Roman Catholics out there, and here on FR, that support this notion, you are absolutely right. < /sarc>

[danielmryan]

As a fan of Roman History this seems to be a handy description of most of the officials in the later Roman Empire in the late fourth century AD, with enough changes as to be not useful as an accurate account of the Imperial Constitution of that period.

That's what I thought: the 'depth' merely comes from reading Roman history.

But the idea that a Roman Catholic monarchy would ever come to America is really, really, outtathere. Given how American really is, any "Church Established by Law" would almost certainly be evangelical Protestant. That's the faith [broadly speaking] that set down roots in the United States.

There's only one semi-realistic scenario for American becoming Catholic I've encountered: Walter Miller's A Canticle For Leibowitz. The Catholic Church saves the remnants of civilization after a full-scale nuclear war, just as it did during the Dark Ages. No other scenario makes sense.