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cuius regio, eius religio

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cuius regio, eius religio

(Latin) those who live in a country should adopt the religion of its ruler.
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Its central thesis is that Castile and Aragon expelled their Jewish populations in 1492 because that year finalized the transformation of Spain into a relatively unexceptional, early modern state in which the principle of cuius regio, eius religio triumphed.
History of a Tragedy: The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain by Graizbord, David / Renaissance Quarterly
Prior to the American Revolution, the standard practice was that the religion of a state's ruler would be the official religion of that state; cuius regio, eius religio (whose the region, his the religion).
Origins of the separation of church and state by Bratt, Duane / LawNow
The classical political maxim cuius regio, eius religio ("whose region, his religion") makes sense.
The once & future Christendom: from death of the West--to knights of ... by Pinkerton, James P. / The American Conservative
 
 
 
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