state religion
the official religion of a state as established by law.
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You read that correctly: 34% in favor of establishing Christianity as the state religion.
And these critics fully accept the notion of an Arab state of Palestine with Islam as the state religion.
The incident ultimately helped affirm the notion that no official state religion exists—for good reasons.
What Happened When General Grant Expelled Civil War Jews | Marc Wortman | March 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Constitution bars the federal government only from establishing an official state religion.
The U.S. Military Should Hand Out Qurans in Afghanistan as a Good-Will Gesture | Richard Miniter | March 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe religion of the Romans differed in some respects from that of the Greeks, inasmuch as it was emphatically a state religion.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
The real turning-point had been reached earlier, when Christianity became the state religion under Constantine I. in 312.
There is no state religion, no temptation whatever to pretend to be a Christian if you are not.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 | T. W. (Thomas William) AlliesThrough Constantine it became the state religion of the Roman Empire.
The doctrine of a state-religion was not clearly defined or vigorously upheld.
The Apostles | Ernest Renan
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