Calvinism a life-system - pagina 139

CALVINISM AND POLITICS. as

The sphere

pupil.

its

the

of State stands itself under

God

independent responsibihty to of

the

State

to be maintained.

is

in their

God and

And

serve His honour.

Word must

with

way

Christian

that

;

can

sphere, obey

end

in either

the sphere

in

of

be

convictions

subjective

shall

statecraft,

all

thing of course

be governed

is,

in a

to say, in accordance with the

is

never

first

nations

all

principle which, for this

The

authority.

and remains, that

But

but

rule,

own

to that

only through the conscience of the persons

the State invested

But both

not profane.

is

Church and State must, each sphere God's

35

In that sphere therefore an

majesty of the Lord.

The sphere

I

flow from the Christ.

of those

to their personal views of the

through

except

realized

the

according

in authority,

demands of that

Christian

principle, as regards the public service.

Of an

entirely different nature

what ought and the

visible CJiiirch.

If

it

is

the second question,

between the government

to be the relation

had been the

will

of

God

to maintain the formal unity of this visible Church, this

question would

what

from

originally

And

charm. offended,

the

1

unity.

was

sought

value

great

6th It

have to be answered quite differently

now

is

for

the

is

the

only

natural. life

of a

That

this

Unity of

unity

religion

people and not a

narrow-mindedness

by the rage of century,

case.

can

despair, wherewith

feel

was has little

itself

Rome,

in

fought for the maintenance of that

can also be easily understood that this unity

originally established.

The lower

a people stands

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