These folks figured it out

Hellenist (plural Hellenists) A specialist in the study of Greek language, literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization. A person who adopted the Greek customs, language and culture during the Hellenistic period, especially a Hellenized Jew.

The idea of using Greek grammar and parchment to govern a world of commerce.  These were the pragmatic christians. They coexisted with the survivalists, the latter being a market for the former. There was no better science, so Paul pretended a vision and fictional literature was born. What was birthed was a fantastic, European wide reading club. It started in Greek, but Latin conquered in the west. Extremely efficient being that none of the dummies could figure out paper.

The idea that jesus rose from the dead and confirmed the god is a metaphor for another rise from the dead. The idea of written rules of interaction to prevent misunderstandings. It was as if jesus still walked the earth, yes, in those parchment archives started by Paul. One could always go back to the original rule.

300 years after moveable type we get the steam powered rotary press, and a industrial revolution. It birthed the specialized trade journals, technology, especially standard mechanical parts, sped the process of innovation.  As a side note, I suspect the idea of rotary processing in the factory came from the powered rotary press. This was a huge jump, often overlooked.