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Shadowy Mr Big behind worldwide criminal organisation. Known variously as ‘Jesus’, ‘Christ’, ‘Lord’, and ‘Saviour’. Persistent rumours of a brief appearance in 1st century Palestine though unknown in official records. Cult members convince themselves JC is alive today. Intelligence suggests never actually existed.
‘The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.’
(Exodus 15.3)
A 4th century power struggle played out across the Mediterranean world brought a minor sect of religious extremists to centre stage. Finding themselves on the winning side and cosseted within imperial residences, bishops of the Christian Church were able to impose their faith upon a demoralised population using all the sanctions of the State. And as the empire fragmented and fell, ambitious clerics of Christ disseminated a cancer of superstition, fear and brutality far beyond the old imperial frontiers.