CHURCH AND STATE WORKING TOGETHER IN FAVOR OF PEOPLE

THIS STUDY ENCOMPASSES THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE INSEPARABILITY OF RELIGION AND POLITICS OVER THE AGES, REVELING THAT, UNLIKE IN THE WESTERN CHURCH, THE EASTERN ONE HAS ALWAYS SEEN ITSELF PRIMARILY AS A SACRAMENTAL ORGANISM IN CHARGE OF “DIVINE THINGS” NOT OF WORLDLY. STARTING FROM THE IDEA THAT RELIGION WAS ALWAYS THE STRONGEST POLITICAL FORCE IN THE WORLD AND SEEING RELIGION AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL, WE`LL SEE THE REASONS OF THE INSEPARABILITY BETWEEN THEM, WHILE, ON THE OTHER HAND, UNDERSTANDING THE STATE AS A THEOCRATIC INSTITUTION THAT MUST REFLECT THE CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY HAVING THE BEST EXAMPLE IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, WE`LL UNDERSTAND THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN THESE TWO SOCIAL REALMS. IN THE EYES OF ORTHODOXY THE REASON FOR POLITICS TO WORK IS ONLY IN FAVOR OF PEOPLE, SEEN AS A CREATION OF GOD THAT RELIGIOUS LEADERS HAD TO DEFEND AND PROTECT FROM ANY MISTAKES AND INJUSTICE. WHILE INSEPARABILITY WAS A FEATURE ASSIGNED TO CHRISTIANITY ESPECIALLY SINCE CONSTANTINE THE GREAT`S REIGN, THE DICHOTOMY HAS SEEMED EVIDENT MUCH EARLIER, FROM THE CHRIST`S WORDS, MY KINGDOM AND SERVANTS ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD. IN THE PRESENT STUDY ARE EXPOSED THE MAIN REASONS AND PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING BOTH PARADIGMS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO REALITIES FOR, IN THE END, ANYONE WHO READS THIS STUDY TO BE ALONE ABLE TO DECIDE WHICH OPTION HE`S FAVORING. IS THEREFORE RELIGION INTERFERING OR HELPING POLITICS IN A BETTER GOVERNMENT? OR, BETTER, IS THERE RELIGION (OR, AT LEAST ITS MORALITY) THE REASON AND THE MOTIVATION THAT POLITICIANS MUST HAVE WHEN THEY PROMULGATE THE LAWS AND NOT AN IMMEDIATE “GOOD” OF PEOPLE?

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