"Religion in pagan antiquity was a department of the state, and its function was to provide the rationale for the law order of the society and insurance for individuals. The state was seen as the supreme and primary organization of life in developed paganism, so that the essence of religious life was man's relationship to the state, or to its ruler. The gods acted through the state, and all institutions were comprehended in the state and its life."
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Rousas John Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law: Law and Society, Volume Two, Ross House Books, Vallecito, chap. “Theology and the State” (2001) p. 110

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