church and state, n.Definitions

Church and state (n.) divided ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠have made good polity impossible in Christian lands: men have never found out whether they must obey the master or the priest.

Church and state (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fused in the ancient world, the measure of its parochial freedom; in the modern world they must be distinct, each sustaining the other, the church both narrower and wider than any state.

Church and state (n.) should ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠support each other, Hegel held, but the state cannot accept the church's claim to be higher, for that would make it a mere association for utility rather than an embodiment of reason.