In making Christ the chaplain-in-chief of Constantinian Christianity, what was unwittingly done was to invent a Manichean Jesus who saves our souls while leaving us free to run the affairs of the world as we see fit. Which is what we want—especially if the present arrangement of the world has our own particular nation situated near the top. Because while we believe in Jesus as Savior of the private soul, we remain largely unconvinced about his ideas for saving the world.
