Ecclesiastical government

Ecclesiastical government may refere to:

Theocracy, a form of religious State government
Hierocracy (medieval), papal temporal supremacy over the State
Ecclesiastical polity, a form of government within some Christian denominations
Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction by church leaders over other church leaders and over the laity

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