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Correct. While Augustine's defenses against such a charge can be true, it really comes down to, "But that isn't -REAL- Christianity!" He draws the correct distinction that the people they're after aren't his faction but the Donatists. All still, in reality, Christians - just different sects of them. If the root had been pulled up by the Romans, none of these other problems would exist.

Everything, "Based," that came out of Christianity was basically what the priests didn't drown in the Baptismal font when they dunked Antiquity into it. The Imperial Cult might've been toppled, but everyone still recognized Caesar was based.