Ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical hierarchy, or ecclesiocracy may refer to: *

Theocracy Theocracy is a form of government in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the government's daily affairs. Etymology The word theocracy originates fr ...

, a form of religious State government *

Hierocracy (medieval) In the Middle Ages, hierocracy or papalism''Hierocracy'' is sometimes construed as a more radical, specifically late medieval variant of ''papalism''. . was a current of Latin legal and political thought that argued that the pope held supreme aut ...

, papal temporal supremacy over the State * Ecclesiastical polity, the government of a Christian denomination ** Hierarchy of the Catholic Church * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction by church leaders over other church leaders and over the laity

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