No Eastern Rite monarch ever had to beg for a (fourth) divorce, or even ask nicely, because the Eastern Orthodox Churches have far weaker separation of Church and State.
Likewise, the Pope couldn't s...
Your claim here seems to be arguing that the more the Church lorded power and authority over government, the more separated they were from it. Which, to me, seems paradoxically nonsensical.
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