Library Article: Business, State, and Church
Church, State, and Market A library examination In all of human history, there have been certain power organizations that have helped restrain or control society. Three very important ones are the State, the Church, and the Private sector. Interestingly, the separation of these three things only occurred a long time later. The concept of a transcendent God meant that Spiritual authority could not be vested in a ruler, except if it came directly from God. The separation of the private sector came later. The progression is fascinating. Let us examine it: 1. Combined sectors. Originally, each king was a “god-king,” and they controlled their city’s economies, spiritual life, and pretty much everything else. They were the sons of the gods, and all things belonged to them. 2. God’s system for Israel instituted private property. It also made the Priests and the Kings separate, and often restraining to each other. 3....