A church tax is a tax collected by the state from members of some Christian denominations to provide financial support of churches, such as the salaries of its clergy and to pay the operating cost of
Receipt dated September 17, 1923
A Christian state is a country that recognizes a form of Christianity as its official religion and often has a state church, which is a Christian denomination that supports the government and is suppo
Church tax
…churches, such as the salaries of its clergy and to pay the operating cost of the church. It is related to the concept of tithes and offerings. Not all Christian countries have such a tax. In some countries that do, people who are not members of a religious community are exempt from the tax; in others it is always levied…
A Church of Denmark parish church in Holte, with the Dannebrog flying in its kirkyard
Canterbury Cathedral houses the cathedra of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primus inter pares of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Reykjavík Cathedral, mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
The Bible in the Norwegian language