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- The relationship between church and state is the institutional form of the relationship between the religious and political spheres. This relationship has taken a variety of forms historically and in the modern world from the state dominating religion to religion dominating the state and recent attempts to separate them.
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church and state, the concept, largely Christian, that the religious and political powers in society are clearly distinct, though both claim the people’s loyalty. A brief treatment of church and state follows. For full treatment of the separation of religion and politics, see secularism.
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Erastianism, doctrine that the state is superior to the...
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- Church, State, History
Relations between Christianity and the Roman government and...
- Church and State Relations
Roman Catholicism - Church-State Relations: The most...
- Caesaropapism
- God…
- …Has Given The Power of The Sword to Government…
- …And The Power of The Keys to Churches…
- …And He Intends For Them to Work separately…
- …But Cooperatively…
- …toward The Greater End of Worship
- Who Should We Vote for?
As the creator of all things, God is the ruler of all things. The Author, by definition, possesses author-ity. God’s rule is comprehensive, covering all things. It is legitimate, being morally right. It is absolute, never subject a higher authority. The nations may rage against him now. American judges and Chinese presidents might deny his existenc...
If Jesus is king over all the earth—over every square inch, as Abraham Kuyper famously put it—does that mean Christians should use the power of government to bring all things into subjection to him? Should they criminalize all sin and force people to worship him with the power of the government, like Charlemagne did in the ninth century for Christi...
If God has given the power of the sword to the state, he has given the power of the keys to churches. The Bible first talks about the keys in Matthew 16. Jesus first gave the keys to Peter and by extension all the apostles immediately after Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah. Jesus promises to build his church and then says, “I will g...
Now, placing the institutions of church and state side by side, what can we say about their relationship? To begin with, the two institutions should remain “separate,” in the sense that neither should wield the authority God has given to the other. Pastors should not wield the sword. Presidents should not wield the keys. And generally, those separa...
When we think about the separation of church from a biblical perspective, we discover something interesting: it rests upon an underlying foundation of cooperation, at least as God intends it. He means for them to do different things, and even to check one another when necessary, but all that presumes that both are working toward his ends. Both must...
Ultimately, both governments and churches serve God’s purpose of calling all people to worship him, the former indirectly, the latter directly. The government’s work is a prerequisite to the mission of the church and salvation, just as learning to read is a prerequisite to reading the Bible. Common-grace platforms are meant to serve special-grace p...
Perhaps we can summarize this entire essay by answer the question: so who should Christians vote for in the next election? Christians should vote for the candidate, the party, the legislation, or the ballot measures with a limited but clear view of what the government has been authorized and ordered by God to do: to exercise judgment and establish ...
3 days ago · Relations between Christianity and the Roman government and the Hellenistic culture. Church-state relations; Christianity and Classical culture; The Apologists; The early liturgy, the calendar, and the arts; The alliance between church and empire; Theological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries. Western controversies; Eastern controversies
THE relation between Church and State is one of the central themes of Church history in every period. It has been examined many times because of its eminent importance extending far beyond the realm of history itself. The interrelationship, coexistence, or even opposition of Church and State, with which each generation is
3 days ago · Roman Catholicism - Church-State Relations: The most important modification in the Roman Catholic theory and practice of church-state relations was the declaration of Vatican II in which the Roman Catholic Church recognized the modern, secular, pluralistic nation as a valid political entity.
Jan 1, 2012 · In that case, the issue of the relationship between state and religion falls apart in three dimensions: religion’s place in the state domain, government’s role in the religious domain, and state and religion meeting together in intermediate domains.
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The Eastern Orthodox churches conceive of the relationship between church and state as a symphony. The state defends the church by oppressing other denominations while the church supports the state by encouraging patriotism and acceptance of the state's policies.
