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Christian theocratist doctrine that subordinates political power to religious authority, holding that divine law and the Church should govern the state and customs, from medieval and papal ultramontanism to modern reconstructionist projects.
In one sentence
I want a society ruled by divine law, with the Church above the state and customs subordinated to religious authority.
Political topics
Leans further toward religious than 96% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
The leading reactionary theorist, Maistre opposed the French Revolution by defending monarchy and the authority of tradition and religion against Enlightenment rationalism, influencing European conservative thought.
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A city-state governed by the Holy See, the Vatican combines religious sovereignty, an absolute elective monarchy, and clerical administration, functioning as the institutional center of the Catholic Church and a global diplomatic actor.
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A Eurasian presidential republic, Russia concentrates power in an authoritarian, nationalist regime, with an economy dependent on natural resources, a strong military apparatus, and a foreign policy of confrontation with the West.
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Heir of the Roman Empire in the East, Byzantium lasted a thousand years fusing Orthodox Christianity, imperial autocracy, and Justinianic law, with the emperor as head of the Church and Constantinople as a Christian capital defending Europe.
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Ideological proximity
Closest within Far-Right
Project that seeks to organize state and society according to the strict interpretation of a religious doctrine, subordinating laws, customs, and politics to sacred precepts and rejecting modern secularism.
Current that preserves order, tradition, and hierarchy through a strong state, restricting freedoms and political participation in the name of social stability, morality, religion, and established authority.
Defense of monarchy with unlimited power concentrated in the sovereign, legitimized by tradition or divine right, without a constitution or parliament to restrict the king's authority over state and society.
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Authoritarian nationalist movement that arose in 1930s Brazil, Christian and corporatist, with the motto God, Fatherland and Family, a mass aesthetic and opposition to liberalism and communism.
Theory by Aleksandr Dugin that rejects liberalism, communism, and fascism and proposes a multipolar world founded on civilizations, tradition, and collective identity, opposing globalism and Western hegemony.
Spanish authoritarian nationalism of Catholic and syndicalist inspiration, advocating a corporatist state, national unity, and social hierarchy, becoming the ideological pillar of Franco's regime in Spain.
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