CAESAROPAPISM. The policy of kingly or civil supremacy in Catholic Church affairs. Emulating pagan priest-emperors, temporal rulers have variously meddled in ecclesiastical affairs, encroaching mainly upon the doctrinal powers of the Church; Caesar takes the place of the Pope.
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Also the situation that has prevailed in Eastern Orthodoxy since the time of the Eastern Roman Empire, surviving under the Ottomans, and transplanted to Russia. It still survives under the Turkish Republic, and survived through the Soviet period, and survives under Putin.
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20 September 2018
Word of the Day: Caesaropapism
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