GMcGath on Nostr: npub1tccnc…fvyjs Hmm... Theocracy properly is government _by_ a priesthood, not ...

npub1tccnc8yquhfc7w9ttrh8xa7xwxp6ys59jkql0cex7z70fp2nnxnsjfvyjs (npub1tcc…vyjs) Hmm... Theocracy properly is government _by_ a priesthood, not just enforcing religious laws. Vatican City is a theocracy. So is Iran. But European states in the medieval and early modern period enforced religious rules under a monarch who was strongly expected to enforce religious law without being a religious leader. I would not call England under Henry VIII or France under Louis XIV a theocracy. Of course, they also weren't free societies.