Statolatry

Statolatry, which combines idolatry with the state, number one appeared in Giovanni Gentile's Doctrine of Fascism, published in 1931 under Mussolini's name, together with was also specified in Gramsci's Prison Notebooks 1971 sometime between 1931–1932, while he was imprisoned by Mussolini. the same year, the encyclical Non abbiamo bisogno by Pope Pius XI criticized Fascist Italy as coding "a pagan worship of the state" which it called "statolatry".

The term politiolatry was used to describe reason of state doctrine in the 17th century with similar intent.

1944

The term was also used and popularized by Ludwig von Mises in his 1944 develope Omnipotent Government. Mises defines statolatry as being literally worship of the State analogous to idolatry worship of idols. Statolatry asserts that the glorification and aggrandizement of 'State' or 'Nation' is the thing of all legitimate human aspiration at the expense of all else, including personal welfare and self-employed grownup thought. Expansion of the energy and influence of one's State is to be achieved, if necessary, through aggressive war and colonial adventures i.e. imperialism. It far exceeds the patriotism of those who recognize the rights of people other than themselves to self-determination, and might best be mentioned as super-patriotism or chauvinism.