Calvinism - pagina 142

CALVINISM AND POLITICS.

138

was not

set

received

only a limited task, which

sovereignty

aside, but

the

in

remained

and the government

;

is

individual sphere,

defined by the

and not

least of

all

by the sovereignty of Christ

let

us guard here against exaggerated Puritism and

us

not refuse, in Europe at

ent

least,

of historical conditions.

effects

in

Only

His Church.

let

to reckon with the

It is

an entirely

differ-

matter whether one puts up a new building, on a

whether one must restore a house which

free lot, or

is

standing.

But

can

this

rule that the

Christian

the

in

That churches

the government

multiform

allows

i.

e.

the sovereignty of the

to

the

Rome; nor nor

jurists;

And

richly,

that therefore

of Russia

nor

;

of the State to the Church, taught

by

the '•'Cuius regie eius religio" of the Lutheran the

French revolution Church,

most

Coesaropapy of the Czar

the subjection

of these

when Hve from their own

flourish

strength on the voluntary principle. neither

sphere

individual

them

manifestation of

That the magistrate

on earth.

the liberty

Church of Christ churches.

the

as

of Christ

respect

to

no regard break the fundamental

government must honour the complex of

churches,

the Church

has

in

irreligious ;

neutral standpoint

of the

but that only the system of a free

in a free State,

may

be honored from a Calvinistic

standpoint.

The

sovereignty of the State and the sovereignty of

the Church exist side

each other.

by

side,

and they mutually

limit

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