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Imperial church system

The imperial church system (German: Reichskirchensystem, Dutch: rijkskerkenstelsel) was a governance policy by the early Holy Roman emperors to entrust as often as possible the secular governance of the state to as many celibate members of the clergy (especially bishops and abbots) of the Catholic Church, instead of the non-celibate laity.

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