Editing Separation of church and state (section)

===Antiquity and late antiquity===
[[File:Carlo Crivelli - St. Augustine - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright|''St. Augustine'' by [[Carlo Crivelli]]]]
The entanglement of religion with the state has a long history dating back at least to the prosecution and conviction to death of Socrates for impiety in ancient Athens.<ref>Plato, ''[[The Death of Socrates]]''.</ref>

An important contributor to the discussion concerning the proper relationship between Church and state was [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]], who in ''[[City of God (book)|The City of God]]'', Book XIX, Chapter 17, examined the ideal relationship between the "earthly city" and the "city of God". In this work, Augustine posited that major points of overlap were to be found between the "earthly city" and the "city of God", especially as people need to live together and get along on earth. Thus, Augustine held, opposite to the separation of church and state, that it was the work of the "temporal city" to make it possible for a "heavenly city" to be established on earth.<ref>Feldman (2009)</ref>