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One of the primary claims to power in medieval Europe was the divine decree, something that was usually "approved" by the Roman Catholic Church, so yes religion
by akiselev 13y ago
One of the primary claims to power in medieval Europe was the divine decree, something that was usually "approved" by the Roman Catholic Church, so yes religion has had an absolutely insane amount of influence on politics, so much so that you can easily argue that it was responsible for predominance of monarchies and dictatorships until the enlightenment (and even then it took centuries).
Entire governments have risen and fallen on top of the backs of religions and their schisms and reformations.
- jivatmanx 13y agoYes, but for both good and ill. The reformation's idea was that no authority or intercessor was needed to interpret or use the bible. I'll skip the details, but this idea was an essential precursor for the idea of self-government, and the enlightenment in general.
- Locke1689 13y agoNo, most claims to power were correlated with the divine decree. You have yet to prove that there was any causation.