Separation of

Church and State

Group 5
Should a Roman Catholic Bishop
be involved in impeaching a
President for alleged
unconstitutional actions?
 In 1644, Roger Williams, the founder
Where did of Rhode Island and of the first
the Baptist church in America, called
separation for a "wall or hedge of separation"
of church between the secular world and
and state sacred church. He believed that
come mixing the two would cause both to
from? become corrupt. Williams created
a colony where the freedom to
worship was a right for all.
 The expression “separation of church and
state” can be traced to an 1802 letter that
Thomas Jefferson wrote to a group of men
affiliated with the Danbury Baptists
Association of Connecticut. In this letter he
stated that religion was “a matter which lies
solely between Man & his God,” and that
government should not have any influence
over opinions.
The American concept of
separation of church and
state was introduced
during the American
colonial period in the
Philippine Constitution of
1899 and remains a part of
the Philippine constitution
today.
Art II. Sec. 6 of
the 1987
Constitution
The Separation of Church and
State shall be inviolable.
 Article III Section 5
“No law shall be made respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof. The free exercise and
enjoyment of religious profession and
worship, without discrimination or preference,
shall forever be allowed. No religious test
shall be required for the exercise of civil or
political rights.”
The principle of the separation
of church and state means that
the government and religious
institutions should not interfere
with each other's affairs and
that the state should not favor
one religion over others.
Constitutional
Provisions
• NO LAW SHALL BE MADE RESPECTING AN
ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION (ART.III, Section
5)

• NO PUBLIC MONEY OR PROPERTY SHALL EVER

BE APPROPRIATED, APPLIED, PAID, OR
EMPLOYED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR
THE USE, BENEFIT, OR SUPPORT OF ANY SECT,
CHURCH, DOMINATION, SECTARIAN
INSTITUTION OR SYSTEM OF RELIGION (ART.
VI, Section 29[2]).
• THE STATE SHALL HAVE NO OFFIC RELIGION

• THE STATE CANNOT SET UP A CHURCH,

WHETHER OR NOT SUPPORTED WITH PUBLIC
FUNDS; NOR AID ONE RELIGION, AID ALL
RELIGIONS, OR PREFER ONE RELIGION OVER
ANOTHER

• EVERY PERSON IS FREE TO PROFESS BELIEF OR

DISBELIEF IN ANY RELIGION
• EVERY RELIGIOUS MINISTER IS FREE TO
PRACTICE HIS CALLING, and

• STATE CANNOT PUNISH A PERSON FOR

ENTERTAINING OR PROFESSING RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS OR DISBELIEFS

• EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION DEVOTED

EXCLUSIVELY TO RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
(ART.VI)
• USE OF PUBLIC MONEY OR PROPERTY NOT
PROHIBITED WHEN PRIEST, PREACHER, OR
DIGNITARY IS ASSIGNED TO ARMED FORCES
OR ANY PENAL OR GOV'T ORPHANAGES OR
LEPROSARIUM (ART. VI)

• THURSDAY & FRIDAY OF HOLY WEEK,

CHRISTMAS DAY & SUNDAYS ARE MADE LEGAL
HOLIDAYS-THEIR OBSERVANCE CONDUCIVE
TO BENEFICIAL MORAL RESULTS
• LAW PUNISHES POLYGAMY & BIGAMY
& CERTAIN CRIMES AGAINST
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP ARE
CONSIDERED CRIMES AGAINST THE
FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF THE STATE.
POLYGAMY: HAVING 2 OR MORE WIVES
BIGAMY: HAVING 2 EXISTING RGISTERED MARRIAGES
 However, despite such provisions, the
religious culture of the Filipinos have
oftentimes empower the religious
sectors to influence the political affairs
of the country.
 In ancient Societies, the church and
state are synonymous as the leaders of
the church are also the political elite
which, also referred to as Theocracy or
the rule of divine.

Examples:
• Japanese society believed that their emperor was the
direct descendant of a god.
• Ancient Egyptians and Sumerians regarded their pharaohs
and kings as god-kings, as they were believed to be earthly
incarnations of the divine.
As states developed
into more complex
political units, the
church is regarded
as a separate entity
from the state.
Thank you!
Olarte, Shyrille Meigh
Zorita, Czarines Claire
Tapales, Isaiah Thomas
Erjohn, Paulo