They will not pray to him but they will pray for him. What is more, because of their wishes for his success and prosperity, he is more their Caesar than the Caesar of some pagans!11 This is why the Anglican divine, Richard Hooker, in his Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, argued that the Church should be subject to the authority and laws of the State in matters that did not directly contradict the Church’s essential doctrines. According to Hooker, the State had the authority to regulate the external affairs of the Church, such as the building of churches and even ensuring the proper conduct
