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12 days agoOne of the proposed reasons the Romans adopted Christianity was because the church would help collect taxes. For all of the middle ages the church would be one of 3 instances that “run” a state (estates). Taxes were a big part of that job.
That means the answer to your question was just roughly 1700 years ago.
As a vegetarian I was in this situation just to order garlic bread 🤤