I have read this essay for the first time by Dr David Vandrunen entitled "The Two Kingdoms Doctrine and the relationship of the church and state in the early Reformed tradition" where he focuses on the writings of Calvin, Rutherford and in even more detail Turretin with regard to the relationship between Church and State. I find it a very honest and reasonable assessment. Vandrunen admits that the application of the Two Kingdom Theology by these Reformers with regard to the responsibilities of the Civil Magistrate were not as most advocate today but he also distinguishes it from the Lutheran view with regard to external government and the Church. To me the 4 pages of Bibliography from page 13-17 make this a valuable resource in an of itself.
I would be interested to see if there are those willing to read this article and interact with Vandrunen's argumentation. I'm not interested in a debate on Theonomy or Two Kingdom Theology specifically as there are other threads serving that purpose. I want the article and argumentation of Dr Vandrunen to be the focus of this thread if that's possible.
I would be interested to see if there are those willing to read this article and interact with Vandrunen's argumentation. I'm not interested in a debate on Theonomy or Two Kingdom Theology specifically as there are other threads serving that purpose. I want the article and argumentation of Dr Vandrunen to be the focus of this thread if that's possible.