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Originally Posted by Gnist
Also, there are Catholics who say about the Holy Roman Empire that it was "a good Catholic state" - contradiction in terms as I see it, but obviously it isn't for all Catholics.
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The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to manipulate the Church as a political instrument in favour of the Germanic kings, starting with Otto I's investiture of bishops and abbots, and his deposing of the Popes John XII and Benedict V.
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It doesn't mean that Catholicism is intrinsically political, but many Catholics think it should be.
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Not many do. In fact few do. But there are orders like the Jesuits that are strongly theocracists.
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