they could elders,or cardinals(catholic) or senators.
There is no official partnership between the US government and any church. The US government has never been in control of a church, and no church has ever been in control of the government.
Vatican City is the seat of government of the Catholic Church.
The Puritans believed that the church and government should work together to promote holiness and help people to succeed both materially and spiritually. A government official had to be apart of the church.
Under the catholic church, the government in Spain lost position and many of it's possessions.
Under the catholic church, the government in Spain lost position and many of it's possessions.
There is no relationship. Unlike it was many years ago, the church no longer controls the government. ~ Sorry, just to clarify - the OP is correct that there is no official partnership between the US government and any church, but it is wrong to say that the church used to control the government. That has never been true in the US.
The spelling "cathedra" is a bishop's chair, or his official position. The similar term is "cathedral" meaning a church, usually a large one that is the principal church of a diocese.
Patrick's father was a Roman government official and a deacon in the Catholic Church.
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No, the clergy is not a branch of government. In the US, there is the separation of church and state. This means that there is no official national religion, and that religion cannot play a part in government affairs.
His name was Calphurnius and he was a government official as well as a deacon in the Catholic Church.