Editing Theocracy (section)

=== Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro ===
The [[Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro]] existed as a [[Serbian Orthodox]] [[ecclesiastical principality]] from 1516 until 1852. The principality was located around modern-day [[Montenegro]]. It emerged from the [[Eparchy of Cetinje]], later known as the [[Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral]], whose bishops defied the [[Ottoman Empire]] overlordship and transformed the parish of Cetinje into a ''de facto'' theocracy, ruling it as Metropolitans (''Vladike'', also known as ''prince-bishops''). The first prince-bishop was  [[Vavila, Metropolitan of Zeta|Vavila]]. The system was transformed into a hereditary one by [[Danilo Šćepčević]], bishop of [[Cetinje]] from 1697 to 1735. He united the several [[tribes of Montenegro]] into fighting the Ottoman Empire that had occupied all of Montenegro (as the [[Sanjak of Montenegro]] and [[Montenegro Vilayet]]) and most of [[southeastern Europe]] at the time.