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The history of the church records various degrees of church and state relationship from persecution in the early days through state patronage under Constantine, Christrianization of Western Europe and separation of Church and State in many Western countries.

The African, however, lives in a religious milieu thus the Church/State partnership is a vital subject.

The issues relating to how the Church and for that matter Christians should relate to the Governing Authorities date back to the time of Jesus when he was obliged to comment on paying taxes to Caesar or not.

His famous response: “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” is still not fully appreciated by many.