Christian Theocracy

It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.’

Jesus Christ, Matthew 4:4

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

St. John the Apostle, John 3:16

Christian Theocracy is a culturally right-wing ideology occupying the upper center section of the Authoritarian scale of the political compass, depending on the type of Christianity (Calvinists on the far right, Catholics center left, etc.). It believes that a strong, Christian government is necessary for the salvation of mankind. They do not want a separation of church and state, moderates believe in living according to the Ten Commandments along with the teachings of Jesus Christ while radicals might go as far as crusading against non-Christians.

History

There were numerous states in history that adopted Christianity as their state religion. The first state to legally declare Christianity its state religion would be Armenia, under King Tiridates III (298-330 C.E./A.D.). Later, in the year 380 under Emperor Theodosius I, the Edict of Thessalonica would make Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire, influencing all European history to come.

The New Testament gives no guidelines for governing a nation, but the Old Testament does describe the existance of theocracies under men such as Moses, Joshua, and King Josiah (for more information, see Jewish Theocracy § History). On another related note, the New Testament does describe the concept of governments (regardless of them being Christian) as appointed by God. Paul the Apostle wrote that "Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been established by God." (Romans 13:1). This, along with the Old Testament, is the scriptural foundation for a theocracy in Christianity.

For more information on the histories from the perspective of specific denominations, see the "History" sections of:

• Catholic Theocracy
• Orthodox Theocracy
• Protestant Theocracy
• State Oriental Orthodoxy
• Theodemocracy

Variants

Chalcedonianism

Chalcedonian Christianity is the umbrella term for the Christian groups that accepted the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AND the Council of Nicea in 325, the common term for what can be considered pre-schismatic Christianity from which both Catholicism and Orthodoxy originate. On the council it was decided that the nature of Christ is dual, both human and divine: Dyophysitism. It encompasses modern Catholicism and Orthodoxy, as well as the protestant denominations that recognize the two councils. In some ways, it can also be a term that refers to a potential reunion of Catholic and Orthodox churches back into a single Church, a potentially pejorative term: Cathodoxy, that some may embrace as a Christian identity as opposed to just Catholicism and/or Orthodoxy. Before the schism, this variant of Christianity was practiced in Europe and North Africa.

Non-denominational Christianity

Non-denominational Christianity refers to Christians that don't adhere to, or follow a specific denomination or variation of Christianity.

Restorationism

Christian Restorationism refers to branches of Christianity that don't follow traditional Christian teachings like The Nicene Creed, or trinitarianism in general. Those being Mormons (Latter-Day Saints), Jehovah's Witnesses, Iglesia ni Christo, and Swedenborgism.

Early Christianity

Early Christianity, also known as 'The Early Church' and 'Paleo-Christianity' refers to Early inherits of The Christian faith starting from The time Christianity was founded to The time The Nicene Creed was founded in 325.

Catholicism

Catholicism is a variant of Christianity revolving around the Pope, a tradition that Jesus Christ established when he appointed St. Peter as The Head of The Apostles, and The general Hierarchy of The Catholic Church. It is practiced mainly in Italy, France, BeNeLux, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria,, Southern Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Lebanon, the Philippines, Canada, Belize, and the Latin American countries.

Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Orthodoxy is a variant of Christianity revolving around the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is practiced mainly in Greece, Georgia (the country), Eastern and Southern Slavic countries (except for Slovenia and Croatia), and Romania. It uses the Autocephalous system, meaning every nation has its own, autonomous Patriarch.

Oriental Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism)

Oriental Orthodoxy (Miaphysitism) is a variant of Christianity that holds Jesus, to be fully divine and fully human, in one 'nature'. It uses the autocephalous system like Eastern Orthodoxy. It is practiced primarily in Ethiopia and Armenia, as well as being a minority in Egypt , Syria and Lebanon.

Protestantism

Protestantism is a variant of Christianity revolving around the justification of God only, mostly holding The Bible in regard as the sola scriptura (except for Anglicans, Episcopals, and Methodists, who follow prima scriptura), opposition to the papacy, and decentralization (except for Anglicans and Episcopals). It is practiced mainly in Northern Germany, Nordic countries, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Netherlands, Commonwealth Realms and the US.

Proto-Protestantism

Proto-Protestantism refers to individuals and movements that adhere to Protestant philosophy and morals that predate The Protestant Reformation in 1517. The most notable Proto-Protestant denomination is The Moravian Church, founded in Bohemia, modern-day Czechia during the 1400s.

Adamites

Adamites were a historical Christian heresy based in North Africa with the ideas of Naturism. It was practiced mainly in the territories of modern-day Algeria, and they were always nude.

Messianic Judaism

Messianic Judaism is a syncretic religion that combines teachings from both Christianity and Judaism, it teachings traditional Jewish theory with the concept of salvation through faith in Jesus

Stylistic Notes

• Can be holding a cross or Eucharist materials such as bread and wine.
• Is NEVER late for Bible study club meetings.
• If denomination-specific balls are shown, he will represent non-denominational Christianity and will try to act as a mediator between them

How to Draw

Flag of Christian Theocracy

The design of Christian Theocracy is based on the Christian Flag adopted by the United States Federal Council of Churches, designed by Charles C. Overton in 1897. The flag is white (for purity and peace), with a blue field (faithfulness, truth, and sincerity) and a red cross (the sacrifice of Christ).

1. Draw a ball.
2. Color in the ball white.
3. Draw a deep blue square in the top left corner.
4. Draw a red cross in the middle of the blue square.
5. Add the eyes, and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	White	#FFFFFF	rgb(255, 255, 255)
	Blue	#002868	rgb(0, 40, 104)
	Red	#BF0A30	rgb(191, 10, 48)

Relations

Blessed

• Integralism - Oh Christendom, how I pray for thou to return to thy faith, one, united, and whole once more!
• Catholic Theocracy - May the Pope be blessed.
• Orthodox Theocracy - Yea, though thou be of the eastern rite of the faith then we accept thee as our Christian brethren.
• Protestant Theocracy - Yet though didst ye dislike the Church, we shall accept thee as a true believer of God.
• State Oriental Orthodoxy - All though thou art from distant lands, thou art also a servant of God and a fellow Christian.
• Christian Nationalism - Stanistan is a Christian nation!
• Cosmopolitanism - ¹Here is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
• Communitarianism - The second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. -Matthew 22:39
• Religious Rejectionism - Good man who just wants to reach enlightenment.
• Gift Economy - I don't pay much heed to economics, but thou basing it off the birth of Christ ist admirable.
• Distributism - A good christian alternative to the reds.
• Environmentalism - ¹The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
• Crusadism - Then shall we crusade again, take back the holy land and kill heretics! Thou shall not kill, thou art violating the Fifth Commandment! Huh, interesting justifications...

Mixed

• Jewish Theocracy - Why must you deny that Jesus was the Messiah? Also, the Holy Trinity is not a "pagan" belief but rather the true revelation of God's Eternal Being. I, with all other followers of Christ, await the day you turn from your ignorance and embrace the truth.
• Paleoconservatism - Thou art a Christian, but thou must not forget that God loves everyone.
• National Syndicalism - Thou art again a Christian, but thou must stop killing bosses. And don't be hateful.
• Caesarism - Though thou persecuted us, thine emperors eventually converted to the faith.
• Theodemocracy - Thou art a fellow believer in Christ, but many of us see ye as a heretic. Also, what is it with thine golden plates?
• Zoroastrian Theocracy - Though thou art not of the faith, thy rule under Cyrus the Great was righteous. But the Sassanid dynasty was bothering us.
• Sikh Theocracy - Also not of the faith, but thou are monotheistic and peaceful like me.
• Christian Anarchism - Thou art a good Christian, but thou had also not read Romans 13:1-2!
• Catholic Workerism - Same as above.
• Reactionaryism - Thou has defended me, but dost thou not thinketh that a revival of medieval days is not insane? It was us who pushed for a scientific renaissance.
• Reactionary Socialism - A better version of the above. I doth admire thy admiration for tradition and thy attention to caring for the poor and needy, but still, thou are too violent, too often hypocritically abandoning the teachings of God.
• Integral Nationalism - Thou also defend Catholicism, but thou still have the same issues as the two above. Also, Dontsov is completely disguisting.
• Buddhist Theocracy - Thou art a fool for not believing in God, but thine Buddha is a righteous and peaceful man, just like Our Lord Jesus. Stoppeth persecuting me in Sri Lanka.
• Scientocracy - I raised thou during the Middle Ages, but some of thou hast started to turn against me.
• Voluntary Human Extinction - Even though a world without humans is a world without sin and thou takest care of God's creation, thou shalt stoppeth drinking the kool-aid and thine abortions at once!
• Islamic Theocracy - Thou historically hath been a foe of Christians and thou also deny Jesus (you call Him Isa), but we can both laugh at the atheists and we have the same god.
• Christian Libertarianism - Please read Romans 13:1-6!
• Christian Democracy - Thou art a good Christian, yet remember, the voice of the people is not always just, as evidenced when they chose to release Barabbas and crucify Christ.
• Christian Socialism - My son, I like the fact that thou carest for the poor, but please, do not spread hatred between classes. Be more like him.
• Euskadi Carlism - Same as above.

Damned

• Enlightenment Thought - Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light!
• Pavelićism - Thou are not a Christian, thou art repulsive LARPer, for thou completely abandoned the commandment to "love thy neighbor as thyself".
• Alt-Right - Thou art as vile as they! Moreover, thou dost blasphemously bestow thy worship upon this wretched psychopath, and wasteth hours upon sinful filth!
• Cultural Christianity - A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would be a lunatic.
• Liberal Feminism - Thou shalt stoppeth thine abortions at once!
• Civil Libertarianism - Keep seething about Roe v. Wade, child-slaying blasphemer! Hahaha!
• Anarchism - "Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been established by God. 2 Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves." -Romans 13:1-2
• Anarcho-Nihilism - Thou art meaningless and thine pills are black!
• Soulism - You drug-addicted heathen are not a spiritualist, and as a Christian you end up like Charles Manson!
• Satanic Theocracy - Te cogat Christi virtus satanae! Peccasti enim et peristi!
• Secular Satanism - Thou art nothing but a spineless, petulant child. Thou wilst share the fate of the above.
• State Atheism - Thou dost claim to be atheists, yet thou worship Enver Hoxha . Curious...
• Nazism - Thou art a murderous savage pagan and thy destiny is damnation.
• Positive Christianity - Thou art a sick, terrible corruption of God's words. Galatians 3:28, heretical genocidal villain!
• Esoteric Fascism - The power of Christ compels thou! The power of Christ compels thou! The power of Christ compels thou!
• Kraterocracy - It is the Iron out of the Calvary that is master of men all.
• Avaritionism - Disgusting godless trader.
• Objectivism - Extreme selfishness and thy rejection auth all idealism? Thy Worst of Capitalism
• Pagan Theocracy - Thou art to continue seething over Theodosius.
• Nero - ANTICHRIST! STOP KILLING US, ‘TWAS THEE WHO STARTED THE FIRE!
• Chinese Theocracy - JOIN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM OR JESUS WILL DESTROY THEE!!!
• Kleptocracy - Justice being taken away, what are kingdoms but great bands of robbers?
• Necrocracy - O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?
• Illegalism - ¹Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy.
• Hindutva and Hindu Theocracy - Saint Thomas went over to thy land long ago with the purpose of saving the people of India from the grasps of the devil. Yet, thou maintain thy pagan traditions to this day and now seek to persecute us. The Lord will judge thou for thy actions and thy rejection of Christ.

Gallery

Portraits

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Alternative designs

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  Jesusism

Comics

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  "Christianity compass" by Evenosky
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  "Theocracies compass" by Spade
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  "Polcompball Tarot Set" by u/Am-Hooman, Source
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  "The One True God"
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  "Abrahamic vs Occultist Debate"
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  By bonepennies
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  By u/VarietyTimely3590
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Further Information

Literature

• The Bible by Various authors
  • King James Bible by The Church of England
  • Scofield Reference Bible by C.I Scofield
  • Geneva Bible
  • Douay-Rheims Translation
• DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America by David Horowitz
• The Prodigal Republican: Faith and Politics by Marc T. Little
• A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush by David Aikman
• Ninety-Five Theses by Martin Luther
• 39 Articles of Religion by the Church of England.
• Book of Common Prayer by The Church of England

Other

• TempleOS

Wikipedia

• Christianity
• Nondenominational_Christianity
• Ecumenism
• Bible
• Jesus
• Jesusism
• Dominion Theology
• Christian Fundamentalism
• Pan-Christianity
• Christian State
• Edict of Thessalonica
• State church of the Roman Empire
• Chalcedonian Christianity
• Great Church
• Church Fathers

TV Tropes

• The Theocracy (Christian variants of the trope)