Faith and Politics Quotes

“It was here that Augustine saw one of the great distinctions between Rome and Christianity in all its acuity: in the Roman understanding, religion was an institution of the state and, hence, a function of the state; as such, it was subordinate to the state. It was not an absolute that was independent of the interests of the various groups that professed it; rather, its value was dependent on its serviceability vis-à-vis the state,”
― Benedict XVI, Faith and Politics