Ecclesiastical government

Ecclesiastical government, ecclesiastical hierarchy, or ecclesiocracy may refer to:

• Theocracy, a form of religious State government
• Hierocracy (medieval), papal temporal supremacy over the State
• Ecclesiastical polity, the government of a Christian denomination
  • Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
• Ecclesiastical jurisdiction, jurisdiction by church leaders over other church leaders and over the laity

See also

• Canonical territory

1. Ecclesiastical polity
2. Spania
3. Government
4. Byzantine Malta
5. 501(c)(3) organization
6. Canon law
7. Vestry
8. Palo, Leyte
9. Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (Denmark)
10. Church (building)
11. Minister (government)
12. Congregational polity
13. Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
14. Pope Hilarius
15. Prior (ecclesiastical)
16. E-governance
17. Gregorian Reform
18. Pope Clement VII
19. Ecclesiastical heraldry
20. President of Peru