The "Western World" has been essentially fascist since the 325 Council of Nicea

I very much liked the historical synopsis here, which is important to know. I didn't much like their conclusions. My conclusions are a bit different, Rome under Constantine become fascist, the fascism survived the collapse of Rome through Christianity, which was Rome's rule in disguise, and the fascism has barely been beaten back since, only to be even worse in some times and places. Still, I am interested in learning more about the other early christian books, perhaps more the the existing bible, but not necessarily other things.

https://youtu.be/WvjyKOD11hc?si=YsxZmrj3XN_wjbOR

I am not uninterested in the other "suppressed" books of christianity though.

It looks as if early christian synagogues were following something like the original rabbinic model, in which to be a rabbi you must simply be trained by another rabbi, and gain a following.  So the tendency for rabbis and early Christian leaders, who were for many early christians one in the same is to create divergence of positions, often adaptive, outside of a central authority.  Then in comes Constantine and Nicea and there is only one set of books, one set of rules, and from that "order" (which often was quite disorderly).

Even the reformation stuck with the same books, just with dispersed authority (before long we were back to something like the rabbinic model, except that any one any where can declare they've had a revelation, or just a new idea, and start a new church, they don't have to be trained by some earlier Christian Minister.)

But still, among MAGA "conservatives" and others, the idea that we must be a "Christian Nation" following essentially one set of books persists.  Thus the fascism is preserved.

At least at time of Constantine, the unity of belief system has seemed to be more orderly.  And in some way, it's just fine for both the rich and poor to be served by the same hierarchy, rather than have their own temples.

Asian societies differently achieved order by permitting the 'melding' of different religious beliefs and traditions.  So people could say they were both Christian and Buddhist.  That 'works' as there is no central authority on what Christianity is, although it is against many contemporary versions.

I think the melding tradition is better than the exclusionist one of the West.