Calvinism a life-system - pagina 135

CALVINISM AND POLITICS. does

as

And

the

those

Lutheran

the free

churches have

i.e.,

Lutheran countries.

in

exclusively

by

which were touched

countries

Calvinism,

church

131

in Switzerland, the

flourished in

the breath of

Netherlands, England,

Scotland and the United States of North America.

Roman

In

invisible still

Catholic countries, the identification of the

and the

visible church,

under Papal unity,

is

In Lutheran countries, with the aid of

maintained.

regio eius religio", the Court-confession has been

'•'cuius

monstrously imposed

on the people as the land-con-

fession; there the

Reformed were treated harshly, they

were exiled and

outraged,

the

Calvinistic

who were

as

Netherlands,

enemies of Christ.

on the contrary,

all

In

those

persecuted for religion's sake, found a harbour

There the Jews were hospitably received; there the Lutherans were in honour; there the Mennonites

of refuge.

flourished;

and even the Arminians and

were permitted the

and

in

secluded

Roman

churches.

The

Netherlands

Mayflower to their

and from

;

new

fatherland.

And

here

lying characteristic of Calvinism

what

it

gians

I

I

appeal

repeat the under-

must be sought, not

has adopted from the past, but in what

has newly created. 'that,

Cal-

same country the

this

sailed forth to transport the Pilgrim Fathers

to clear historical facts.

in

in the

do not build therefore on subterfuge, but

1

home

Independents, driven

from England, have found a resting place vinistic

Catholics

free exercise of their religion at

It

is

remarkable,

in this

it

connection,

from the very beginning, our Calvinistic Theolo-

and

jurists

have defended liberty of conscience

against the Inquisition.

Rome

perceived

very clearly

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