The Relationship between Church and State

Question 2 The separation between the church and the state is not a new concept. However, in the history of Christianity in the past 2000 years, the strategy and ideas of Christian leaders have changed many times. While Christ traveled on the ground we were able to rumor through the very hostile relationship between Jesus' ministry and the local Jews and the Roman government. This relationship continued in the first three centuries of the Christian church. Due to the continued and intense persecution of Christian churches and individuals of Christians, emerging Christian churches and ruling party governments are almost completely separated.

The relationship between the church and the state is an institutional form of the relationship between religion and political realm. This relationship has taken many forms in history and the modern world, ranging from the country that dominates the religion to the religion that governs the country, and recently attempts to separate them. In most ancient civilizations, this relationship is not clearly defined, but it is one of the most important themes through Western history. The command of Jesus promotes the development of independent churches and state institutions in the Christian world by "presenting Caesar with Caesar and presenting God to God" (Mark 12: 17). This competition between the emperor and the king and the pope is an important feature of medieval European politics and is not different from other religions. People tend to get caught on the other side of the field and there are many controversies about power, property, law, education, and authority.

This difference in history means that this relationship between the church and the state in medieval Europe is different from any other previous relationship. In past civilizations, religion often existed to insist that the king was a sacred representation of the earth. The existence of a temple legalized the king. On the contrary, after the collapse of the Roman Empire, the state mistakenly puts himself in the high priest of Christianity, and boldly and ironically promoted the task of the empire under the name of the pacifist Christ. The state pretends to express himself in the name of the church to conceal the moral legitimacy of the church. As you can see, this moral diet and transformation has become a major way for Western governments to enter the 21st century.

Today, there are many changes in the relationship between the church and the state. Some countries with a high level of religious freedom and tolerance remain in the 20th century with religious or economic links with certain religious groups and the country. For example, the UK has an established national religion, but it also accepts other beliefs. Likewise, in Norway, the King is the leader of the king and in Article 12 of the Norwegian Constitution more than half of the Norwegian Council is seeking to become a member of the State Church. However, it is widely believed that there is advanced religious freedom in that country. In these countries, a government chief, a state chief, or other senior official may be legally required to become a member of a particular faith. The power to appoint members of senior members of the National Church is usually still owned by secular governments.