Gera, he did not have to call himself that.. this is what he was, someone who was enlightened and an intellectual and a progressive..
The roman church was "the conservatives" of those times..
If the church still had the power we would still think that the world revolves around the earth.. actually if it was not for the "enlightened progressive intellectuals" we would not even have a wheel, as "conservatives" would argue that wheels are an evil invention of the satan and our life was perfect for thousands of wheelless years
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