Back الفصل بين الكنيسة والدولة Arabic Separació entre l'Església i l'Estat Catalan Trennung zwischen Staat und religiösen Institutionen German Χωρισμός Κράτους και Εκκλησίας Greek Separation of church and state English Apartigo de eklezio kaj ŝtato Esperanto Separación Iglesia-Estado Spanish جدایی دین از دولت Persian Kirkon ja valtion ero Finnish Séparation de l'Église et de l'État French
Separation of church and state is a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson that refers to keeping government affairs separate from religious affairs. Most states in the world today are secular states have this separation, but some states (those that are theocracies or that have state religions) do not.