Theocracy

What is theocracy? From its name, it would seem that a theocracy is the rule of God. In that sense a Theocracy would only be achieved if God himself came to rule men. However, many governments have been called theocracies including Egypt, Catholic Roman Europe, and modern Iran. In these countries we see the rule of men who claim to be put in power by God, and as such intermediaries are infallible. In point of fact, many of the kings of Europe believed that they were appointed by God, and the emperors of Rome believed they were gods. On the surface these different civilizations had various sorts of governments and societies, yet in all of them the rulers wished to have the authority or at least the blessing of the divine.