The process or condition in which a church (or other supposedly independent institution) becomes captured by state power-functioning as an arm of the state rather than a sovereign moral/cultural body with self-determination.
Ordered etymology (matching the event sequence): 1. ecclesio- (church / assembly) 2. krato- (state power / rule) 3. capt- (to seize capture) 4. -ism (doctrine, system, condition) So the word "reads" as: church + state-power + capture condition/system.
Ordered etymology (matching the event sequence): 1. ecclesio- (church / assembly) 2. krato- (state power / rule) 3. capt- (to seize capture) 4. -ism (doctrine, system, condition) So the word "reads" as: church + state-power + capture condition/system.
EXAMPLE 1:
Ecclesiokratocaptism has destroyed the integrity of the Catholic Church in China which is now under state control.
EXAMPLE 2:
The Roman Catholic Church has legalism problems but one of the main benefits of the idea of a Pope is that it makes the Church not only more unified but also less ecclesiokratocaptist.
Ecclesiokratocaptism has destroyed the integrity of the Catholic Church in China which is now under state control.
EXAMPLE 2:
The Roman Catholic Church has legalism problems but one of the main benefits of the idea of a Pope is that it makes the Church not only more unified but also less ecclesiokratocaptist.
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