Any historians in the house?
2006-10-18 10:58:36 · 8 answers · asked by a_blue_grey_mist 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
since constantine gave civil authority to the pope around the 3rd or 4th century ad there has been virtually no separation of church an state in europe the vatican had the power to topple kings and the church regularly interfered in matters of the state. there was a brief repriese to this when napoleon marched into rome in 1798 and took the pope captive and kicked the church out of france ushering in the age of reason. but the church has slowly been gaining power once again. and is very influntial in politics once again
2006-10-18 11:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by D R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Since about 600 the church ran the state. When king Henry kicked out the Catholic church, then the state ran the church. Today in England the state still runs the church (except for muslims), but the catholic church has lost its political power. In the USA the churches have been fairly free from about 1778 until about the 1960's. Now more and more the state is attempting to run the church.
The result is in areas where the Catholic church was in control-everyone, including kings, were subject to the pope. In England, the king just took back his kingdom.
2006-10-18 18:08:25 · answer #2 · answered by Desperado 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, in fact in some European countries taxes are collected to support one the state church or some other denomination. There are of course many different countries with different policies but there are the Anglicans (Church of England), Italy I believe to be officially Catholic, Spain was officially Catholic under Franco, and Sweden I believe is officially Lutheran. These I believe all are or recently were official state supported denominations even though other religious groups may also practice in these countries. There may be other examples but I am not an expert on the topic and do not know more details. (My answer focuses on the present rather than the past that other answers focus on.)
2006-10-18 18:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by David B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oy Vey! Separation, no. In England Henry the "Head Chopping" king started a new religion when he could not get a divorce. It's called C of E. In Europe, the Hundred Years War was between Catholics and Protestants. And oddly enough, they were all fighting for the same thing! It was only the "power behind the throne" that was the religious influence.
2006-10-18 18:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by rifleman01@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church and state are separate in Scotland and have been for many many years,
2006-10-18 18:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by jakeybird2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Queen Isabella (the same who sent Colombus to the new world) was Catholic and started the Spanish Inquisition.
2006-10-18 18:00:12 · answer #6 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there was not. Why do you think that so many immigrants and settlers came to this country? Part of the reason was because they were trying to get away from all of the religious tyranny.
2006-10-18 18:01:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why did the orig. colonists make their way to the new world??? any guesses??
2006-10-18 18:04:45 · answer #8 · answered by Nick F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋