如何正确认识和处理国法和教规的关系,是一个重大课题,需要理清和把握好如下几个问题。一、了解法律与宗教的历史渊源宏观上看,国家法律是规范国家事务的,教规是规范宗教自身事务的,两者都是调整人类社会的规范,两者的关系似乎是清楚的。但在现代社会,法律是调整人类社会最主要的规范。而从历史角度看,法律与宗教有着十分密切的关系,这两者的关系有时是相交织的,有时甚至是相互替代的。在现代法律形成之前,宗教是法 How to correctly understand and handle the relationship between state law and canon is a major issue that needs to be clarified and grasped as follows. I. Understanding the Historical Origins of Law and Religion From a macroscopic point of view, the national law is to regulate the affairs of the state, the canon is to regulate religious affairs, and both are norms regulating human society. The relationship between the two seems clear. But in modern society, law is the most important norms regulating human society. Historically, law and religion have very close relations, and the relationship between the two is sometimes interwoven, and sometimes even substituted for each other. Religion is law before the formation of modern law