In theocracy a deity is considered the civil ruler. This ruler is believed to be chosen by God himself to lead the people and this claim is reinforced by the clergy.
They believed that god has chosen their king, theocracy means to be chosen by god.
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A theocracy is a religion based government.
Political system that they believe in the fact of God being the supreme ruler. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
By definition, a theocracy is a government headed by God, so the selection of theocratic leaders would be at the choosing of God.
The Fertile Crescent maintained a government based on theocracy. In a theocracy, a deity is recognized as the ruler of the government.
No, it wasn't. The priests were very powerful but the ruler, secular.
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A theocracy is technically a government ruled by God, and his authorities (the religious leaders) interpreting his word and administrating it for him.An ecclesiocracy is a government in which religious leaders assume a leading role in the state, but do not claim that they are speaking for God.
Born in to it .
The Puritans used theocracy as their political structure. Theocracy is the belief that God is the supreme ruler and the Bible is the law.
It is the belief that the ruler of the nation is chosen by God, and as such he and God alone can judge the ruler's behavior.