There were five historical State Churches: the RCC, the Russian Orthodox, the Geneva Reformed with Calvin, the Anglicans, the Lutherans.
The Pilgrim Church by EH Broadbent chronicles the centuries of persecution by the State Churches against independent believers. I'm sad to see that any Baptist church in America took the mammon from Caesar.
Who pays decides.
“...RCC, the Russian Orthodox, the Geneva Reformed with Calvin, the Anglicans, the Lutherans.”
the difference is that “ the Russian Orthodox, the Geneva Reformed with Calvin, the Anglicans, the Lutherans” were actually owned and operated by the state to the point that in 3 out of 4 of them doctrine was decided on BY THE STATE. The Catholic was never owned or operated by the state, the state did not decide its doctrine.