Definitions for caesaropapism
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1. Erastianism, Byzantinism, Caesaropapismnoun

   the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters

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1. Caesaropapism

   Caesaropapism is the idea of combining the social and political power of secular government with religious power, or of making secular authority superior to the spiritual authority of the Church; especially concerning the connection of the Church with government. Although Justus Henning Böhmer (1674–1749) may have originally coined the term caesaropapism (Cäseropapismus), it was Max Weber (1864–1920) who wrote that "a secular, caesaropapist ruler... exercises supreme authority in ecclesiastic matters by virtue of his autonomous legitimacy." According to Weber, caesaropapism entails "the complete subordination of priests to secular power."In an extreme form, caesaropapism is where the head of state, notably the emperor ("Caesar", by extension a "superior" king), is also the supreme head of the church (pope or analogous religious leader). In this form, caesaropapism inverts theocracy (or hierocracy in Weber), in which institutions of the church control the state. Both caesaropapism and theocracy are systems in which there is no separation of church and state and in which the two form parts of a single power-structure.

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1. caesaropapism

   Caesaropapism is a political theory or system in which the head of the state, notably the Emperor ('Caesar'), is also the supreme head of the church ('papism'). This theory allows secular emperors the control over the ecclesiastical things and religious affairs of the state. This term is often used in the context of the Byzantine Empire to describe the relationship between the Emperor and the Orthodox Church.

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1. Caesaropapism

   Caesaropapism is the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power, or making it superior to, the spiritual authority of the Church; especially concerning the connection of the Church with government. The term caesaropapism was coined by Max Weber, who defined it as follows: “a secular, caesaropapist ruler... exercises supreme authority in ecclesiastic matters by virtue of his autonomous legitimacy”. According to Weber's political sociology, caesaropapism entails “the complete subordination of priests to secular power.” In its extreme form, caesaropapism is a political theory in which the head of state, notably the Emperor, is also the supreme head of the church. In this form, it inverts theocracy in which institutions of the Church control the state. However, both Caesaropapism and Theocracy are systems in which there is no Separation of Church and State and the two form parts of a single power structure.

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   The numerical value of caesaropapism in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of caesaropapism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesaropapism
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