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'''Caesaropapism''' is the [[idea]] of combining the [[power]] of secular government with, or making it superior to, the [[spiritual]] [[authority]] of the Christian Church; especially concerning the connection of the Christian Church with government. In its extreme form, it is a [[political]] [[theory]] in which the head of [[state]], notably the Emperor ('Caesar', by extension an 'equal' King), is also the supreme head of the church ('papa', pope or [[analogy|analogous]] religious leader). In this form, it inverts [[theocracy]] in which institutions of the Church are in control of the state.
 
'''Caesaropapism''' is the [[idea]] of combining the [[power]] of secular government with, or making it superior to, the [[spiritual]] [[authority]] of the Christian Church; especially concerning the connection of the Christian Church with government. In its extreme form, it is a [[political]] [[theory]] in which the head of [[state]], notably the Emperor ('Caesar', by extension an 'equal' King), is also the supreme head of the church ('papa', pope or [[analogy|analogous]] religious leader). In this form, it inverts [[theocracy]] in which institutions of the Church are in control of the state.