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the theory or system of Erastus.
A theory of Church government according to which supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the civil power. Cf. collegialism, n.
The doctrine of the supremacy of the monarch in ecclesiastical matters; the exercise of this supremacy. Cf. regalist, n. 2.
= Erastianism n. at Erastian, adj. n.derivatives.
The supremacy of the civil power in the control of ecclesiastical affairs.