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Category: Separation of Church and State

  • The Escondido Principle of Separation of Christianity and State – Reviewed

    I was recently directed to this interesting review of Darryl Hart’s book (The book is titled: “A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State”): Hart thinks the root error of Christians who try to bring their faith into the arena of politics is the failure to understand that it just doesn’t…

  • Separation of Religion and Politics

    Zenit news reports (and Global Catholic News repeats) that Benedict XVI has asserted, “the distinction between religion and politics is a specific achievement of Christianity and one of its fundamental historical and cultural contributions.” In context, Benedict stated: The [Roman] Catholic Church is eager to share the richness of the Gospel’s social message, for it…

  • The Real Turretin on: The Duty of the King Toward Religion

    JetBrane at Iron Ink has provide a quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the subject of the duty of the Christian magistrate. (link) JetBrane goes on to make an application to the so-called R2KT (Radical Two-Kingdom Theology) viewpoint. Without getting embroiled (for now) with that topic, I can of course commend Turretin’s comments as…