Reply #1: BXVI has promoted the view that he and the bishops have supreme moral, civil and spiritual authority [View All]

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over everyone in the world. Consequently he and the bishops have behaved as such. We must fight against Theocratic Rule because power corrupts and supreme power corrupts supremely.

A History of Liberty: “The emancipation of Conscience from Power; and the gradual substitution of Freedom for Force in the government of men.” (Lord Acton)

The Separation of Church and State (Wikipedia)

Separation of State Authority IV: No state action should have the primary effect of engaging in religious practice. Any such appearance of a state religious practice must be unintentional and coincidental.
Separation of State Authority V: No state action should have the primary effect of restricting religious practice. Any such appearance of interference in religious practice must be unintentional and coincidental.
Separation of State Authority VI: the state should not express any religious beliefs, or in any publication, speech, or other implement of state power such as currency, sworn testimony, oath of fealty to the state, or endorsements of national pride. The state should not imply any derivation of authority from any religious authority, nor should it express temporal supremacy in relation to religious belief or practice.
Separation of State Authority VII: political leaders should not express religious preferences in the course of their duties
Separation of Religious Authority I: no church should prescribe, proscribe, or amend civil or common law.
Separation of Religious Authority II: the church should not interfere in civil political processes or relations between the state and other nations.
Separation of Religious Authority III: no church should actively endorse any political figure, and should confine itself to moral, ethical, and religious teaching.
Separation of Religious Authority IV: no church should actively endorse any civil institution by providing religious services or religious expressions at that institution, nor favor one civil institution over another.