Catholic Theocracy

This article is about the political side of Catholicism. For the general side, refer to this page.

Catholic Theocracy, sometimes shortened to CathTheo, is an authoritarian, culturally right, and economically center to center-left theocratic ideology inhabiting the upper center political compass. CathTheo seeks to have the values of the Catholic faith upheld as the law and to have a state very closely tied to the Catholic Church.

The head of state of Catholic Theocracy is the pope, who is elected by the College of Cardinals (an assembly of high-ranking clergy). The pope is elected for life, and either dies in office, or in extremely rare situations may resign. The cardinals are appointed by the popes, who thereby choose the electors of their successors. Voting is limited to cardinals under 80 years of age.

A Secretary for Relations with States is appointed by the pope to handle international relations. The Catholic Theocracy's legal system is rooted in canon law. The Bishop of Rome, as the Supreme Pontiff, has the fullness of legislative, executive and judicial powers.

History

The concept of Catholic Theocracy has his roots in the early formation of the Church. After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, the Catholic Church emerged as one of the most powerful institutions in Europe, assuming not only spiritual authority but also significant political influence.

The first true Catholic Theocracy was established in 756 when Pope Stephen II sought protection from the Lombards and received land in the Italian Peninsula from the Frankish king Pepin the Short. This territory, later expanded by Pepin's son Charlemagne, became the Papal States, which were governed directly by the pope until 1870.

When the 19th century came around, Italy had a goal to unite the Italian peninsula, and the Papal States was one of Italy's obstacles. When the Italians captured Rome, the Pope began to be considered as the "Prisoner in the Vatican". The Papal-Italian dispute, called the Roman Question, began and continued until 1929, when the Italian fascist regime decided to let the Vatican independent in exchange for recognition of the fascist government. But even so then, the Vatican called for peace for all nations during World War II.

The Vatican City remains as the only Catholic Theocracy today. Despite being only 109 acres, the Vatican City has continued to have influence on over 1.4 billion Catholics internationally to this day.

Beliefs

Catholic Theocracy believes that church and state are inseparable and that the Head of the Catholic Church (Pope) should also act as the Head of State.

Catholic Theocracy considered the Jewish people as a collective responsible for the killing of Christ. He was also anti-Judaist, Judaism was considered a null religion and several attempts for conversion into Catholicism were made. All that changed after CVII in 1965.

Relationships

Fratres

• Christian Theocracy - Jesus was catholic, right?
• Distributism - A friend of Leo XIII is a friend of mine.
• Christian Democracy - Another good friend, you are great for defending Catholic values in liberal democracies, even if some of you are protestants.
• Crusadism - DEUS VULT! TAKE BACK THE HOLY LAND FROM THOSE MUSLIM INVADERS!! But nowadays I can't directly call out support for you, I am sorry…
• Elective Monarchism - The system used for choosing the new Pope is electoral. But there's still only ~200 eligible voters at any given point.
• Mercantilism - Just a lil' help with construction and art.
• Patchwork - Me in the modern day. I have a billion followers and phenomenal power over them, but itty-bitty living space. I still miss the bigger Papal States though.
• National Democracy - My friend in Poland.
• Francoism - Avenge the victims of Red Terror.
• Traditionalism - The Church has no fear of the truth. She has always been, and will always be, the guardian of Tradition.

=Mixtum

• Orthodox Theocracy - You reject the filioque and papal supremacy and are therefore a heretic, neither monarchs nor emperors have authority over the Pope! But, we both hate Protestantism and love tradition.
• Bonapartism - Thank you for restoring me in France, but did you have to invade the Papal States? Also did you just crown yourself? You can't do that!
• Jewish Theocracy - I aided your escape in WW2, but I will not recant my contempt for your religious beliefs.
• Reactionary Modernism - I appreciate the support but I beg of you to go outside as the games of yours might have rotted your brain.
• Capitalism - I condemn you in Rerum Novarum. Still way better than communism though.

Heretic

• Protestant Theocracy - Why do you even keep existing after I stopped selling indulgences?
• Lutheran Theocracy - You’re the one responsible for this mess! I'll nail you to the wall like your 95 theses!
• Islamic Theocracy - Jerusalem is mine! *Starts another crusade* Even though I'm no longer deus vulting you, the Vatican does not even recognize or hold formal relations with Saudi Arabia.
• Jewish Theocracy (until 1965) - Null religion! You killed Jesus!
• State Shintō - Amakusa Shirō's stuggle will not be forgotten.
• Pagan Theocracy - I'll tie you to the tree you worship and burn you alive! Thanks to him for inspiring my aesthetics though
• Satanic Theocracy - Crux sancta sit mihi lux, Non draco sit mihi dux, Vade retro satana, Numquam suade mihi vana, Sunt mala quae libas, Ipse venena bibas.
• State Atheism - Kid toucher you call me, but it's the godless school teachers and Protestant televangelists that molest a thousand times more than I ever did. And hey, what was that you said about the age of consent?
• Kleptocracy - On top of commandment #7, the HRE attempted to weaken me via simony, and corruption inside me (which I later got rid of) caused them to show up.
• Religious Socialism & Christian Socialism - Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are contradictory terms; no one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist.
• Marxism-Leninism - You imprison my followers in prison labor camps! Remove! Burn in hell!
• Jacobinism - I will never forgive you for defacing Notre Dame. Plus you promote this "supreme being" idolatry. Complete nonsense.
• Eugenicism - Absolute abomination. While I am fine with the teaching of genetics and evolution (except for my more traditionalist followers), you literally advocate the idea of playing God!
• Liberalism - I condemn you in many encyclicals.
• Democracy - More lives have been lost to wars in 200 years of democracy than in 1,500 years of Catholic monarchies!
• LGBTQ Movement - Your actions are intrinsically disordered.

How to draw

Emblem of the Holy See

1. Draw a ball.
2. Fill the ball with yellow.
3. Draw the Catholic symbol in the middle.
4. Add the eyes and you are done!
5. Add a pope’s hat (optional)

Color Name		HEX
	White	#FFFFFF
	Yellow	#FFCC00
	Red	#ED1C24
	Grey	#CCCCCC
	Yellow (Background)	#FFFF00
	Black (Outline)	#000000

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