caesaropapism
nounUK /ˌsiːzəɹəʊˈpeɪpɪzm̩/ · US /ˌsiːzəɹoʊˈpeɪpɪz(ə)m/
Etymology From caesar + -o- + papism, probably modelled after New Latin caesaro-papia, coined by the German ecclesiastical jurist Justus Henning Böhmer (1674–1749) in his work Jus ecclesiasticum Protestantium (Ecclesiastical Law of the Protestants, 1714–1736).
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Government, Lifestyle, Religion The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.
- Shari'a civil law and Ottoman secular fiscal and administrative practice were all combined with Byzantine Caesaropapism, entrenching the ruler as legislator and inhibiting the transition to the rule of law ultimately made in the Empire.2016, Peter H[amish] Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe’s History, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 148:
- Derived terms
- caesaropapist
- Related terms
- state church