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* The [[Vatican]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is a formal [[Christian]] theocracy, with the [[Pope]] as head of both church and state. By technicality, [[Vatican City]] is a theocracy, as it is ruled by the Pope, placed by a divine election.

* The [[Vatican]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is a formal [[Christian]] theocracy, with the [[Pope]] as head of both church and state. By technicality, [[Vatican City]] is a theocracy, as it is ruled by the Pope, placed by a divine election.

* Only two [[Democracy|democracies]] reserve places in their legislature specifically for representatives of the state religion, these are the aforementioned Islamic [[Republic]] of Iran and the [[United Kingdom]] where Bishops of the [[Church of England]] sit in the upper chamber, the [[House of Lords]] under the designation of Lords Spiritual.

 

* Only two [[Democracy|democracies]] (or more precisely [[Republic (Politics)|republics]]) reserve places in their legislatures specifically for representatives of the state religion, these are the aforementioned Islamic Republic of Iran and the [[United Kingdom]] where Bishops of the [[Church of England]] sit in the upper chamber, the [[House of Lords]] under the designation of Lords Spiritual, the [[Monarchy|monarch of England]] being also the supreme head of the Church of England.

==Theocracy as tyranny==

==Theocracy as tyranny==