Theocracy
An ecclestial government is a government that is ruled by the church
Christianity
A government ruled by a small group of people is an oligarchy.
A government ruled by a small group of people is an oligarchy.
The church ruled supreme. Everyone was under its guidance and it was influential in government.
A government ruled by a only women or a ruling class that passes through the women is called a matriartical government.
islams government was mohammed
It was formerly ruled by nobles and aristocrats. The government is a combination of church and state. Tibetan government is founded on Buddhism.
The Lutheran church is episcopalian in the form of government in that they are ruled/guided by bishops instead of "presbyters" (elders).
They were a Theocracy. In other words they lived ruled by the church.
The name for it is Empire.
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.