Cujus regio, ejus religio

Cujus regio, ejus religio (in French: “such prince, such religion”) is a political principle according to which the Souverain of a country has the right to impose its religion on its subjects.

He appeared for the first time during the Réforme to settle the religious question, at the time of the Paix of Augsburg in Germany, in 1555. The exact sentence was pronounced by the lawyer Joachim Stephani in 1612.

These doctrines are of Protestant origin and does not correspond to the catholic design of the civil government. Indeed, the catholic doctrines require that the sovereigns be submitted to the pope, which supports the religious unit of the kingdoms.

It appeared in the principle Absolutiste in France, the catholic king imposing his religion on all the population. However, the royal policy was inspired initially by the Gallicanisme and was opposed at the same time to the Ultramontanisme.

This principle is opposed to the principle religious Tolérance, which was essential on the French revolution.

The doctrines of Cujus regio, ejus religio are related with the Erastianisme, which proclaims the superiority of temporal on the spiritual one. It was already known in the Byzantine Empire at the time of the quarrels between Gregoire Large the, the emperor and the patriarch of Constantinople.

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