'''Theocracy''' is a form of government in which a [[god]] or [[deity]] is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler,[1] or in a broader sense, a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate [[divine]] guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.[2] For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine [[power]] governs an earthly [[human]] [[state]], either in a [[personal]] [[incarnation]] or, more often, via religious institutional representatives (i.e., a church), replacing or dominating civil government.[3] Theocratic governments enact [[Theonomy|theonomic]] [[law]]s. | '''Theocracy''' is a form of government in which a [[god]] or [[deity]] is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler,[1] or in a broader sense, a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate [[divine]] guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided.[2] For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine [[power]] governs an earthly [[human]] [[state]], either in a [[personal]] [[incarnation]] or, more often, via religious institutional representatives (i.e., a church), replacing or dominating civil government.[3] Theocratic governments enact [[Theonomy|theonomic]] [[law]]s. |