Chapter 400: Money can even summon ghosts (4)
The ideal relationship between politics and religion is one where they generally don’t interfere with each other.
It’s fine if, for example, the government opposes an issue that anyone would find angering, such as starting an unreasonable war or repressing workers, regardless of political ideology.
But once religion starts involving itself in political beliefs and intervening in matters of state, it inevitably becomes corrupted.
However, the reality is always harsh, and the world is often in a miserable state.
“Lord Rothschild, what do you think?”
“What are you referring to?”
“It’s about Duke Sforza’s proposal for the emperor to take control of the clergy’s appointment rights. I must say, I do like his suggestion. But I’m still concerned about one thing.”
“Are you worried about the opposition from the Deus Church?”
When religion and politics become completely intertwined, a hybrid theocracy is born.
To put it simply, it’s the kind of nation where your school teacher could also be the pastor, and the mayor might also be a pastor.
Though no nation on the Albanian continent, including the Toscani Empire, has reached such a complete merger between politics and religion...
Right now, religious figures are playing the role of low-level civil servants at the bottom, all the way up to forcing policies they want on the people in the name of God.