“you have to teach XYZ in schools because its an integral part of our nations history and affects a ton of things in the country today”

alright. can we teach them religion then
its one of those “why didnt they teach us this in school???” posts but its about ecumenical councils and minor reformation figures
“brian was totally staring at you in transubstantiation and the reformation class today”

“omg stop” Image
[dude... i cant remember what doctrines were cemented at the sixth ecumenical council] Image
not exactly the same topic but once again i feel compelled to ask myself, to ask ourselves, what percent of american high school students know who charlemagne is. in the school i went to its extremely close to 0%. there, it might have actually been 0%.

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