Voltaire believed that the church should not rule the state (or goverment ).He believe that the church and state should show___wich each other.

The Papal States, officially the State of the Church were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from the 8th century until 1870.

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Origins of the Papal States

The bishops of Rome first acquired lands around the city in the 4th century; these lands were known as the Patrimony of St. Peter. ... Pippin's promise and the document that recorded it in 756 are known as the Donation of Pippin and provide the legal foundation for the Papal States