Is Romanism the same as Ancient Roman Religion?

 No.

There are some groups who are attempting to “reconstruct” the ancient religion of Rome but we see this as a foolish and impossible task. Even if the Ancient religion could be perfectly reconstructed from historical records, that doesn’t alter the fact that we have changed as people. We are not ancient Romans any more and a gulf of time (the veil of Catholicism) separates us from the ancient world. We must be who we are while keeping one eye on the past and the other on the future. Only then can we create an authentic religion that honors the truth the ancients understood, while acknowledging the reality of who we are as people today.

We also find the entire practice of reenacting ancient events and practices with historical accuracy to be a weak simulacrum of authentic Romanism. Romanism is not something that exists in the past or some idealized vision of the Ancient Roman Empire. It lives in our worship of the Eternal Gods and in the soul of western peoples. We never stopped being Roman, we have only been misled about native western religion. Our calendar, languages, alphabet, government structures, art aesthetics, architecture, and legal norms have all been inherited from our Roman past. It’s time to accept our eternal connection to the Roman way and reform the traditions that carried us to the present day.

It’s also time to stop playing dress up and embody Romanism with our souls, not costumes and mock reenactments.