Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20140311231814

I've been struggling with an idea for my timeline for a while. In my timeline, Otto I does not intervene in Italian affairs, making the Kingdom of Italy the Holy Roman Empire rather than Germany.

However, I've been wondering if it was possible for a much earlier POD to take place. Is it plausible for OTL's Catholicism to develop as a form of this Wiki's Equalism, Progressive Christianity,, and Gnostic Christianity, between the years 30-330, give or take a few, particularly if there is a stronger Eastern influence on the Fertile Crescent and Greece? Or are these ideas too advanced for the time period?

Obviously, I need to work on this idea, figure out which canons to be accepted and the like, but is this a workable idea? Does this change things to the point where my timeline's POD in 940-950 is not workable anymore? Most importantly, does this overstep any boundaries?

If this is a possibility, I'd greatly appreciate help with it, particularly in terms of photoshop, technological and scientific development, and military tactics. 