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[jwright82]

Establishment Principle, Part 1: What it is, What it isn’t

In part one of four in our series on the Establishment Principle we will see what the Establishment Principle is and how it relates to the nature of the Church as well as what it is not. In part tw…

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I highly recommend this website to anyone for or against the establishment principle. It's helped me in the short time since I found it to appreciate the nuances of this POV.
I personally like the common objections series on there. So if you're for it, against it, or just curious explore and enjoy.

 

[Travis Fentiman]

Jamey,

If it is of interest to you or others:

The term "established Church" was more often used in the 1600's by separatists and dissenters, and only came to be more popularly used in the 1700's and 1800's, as the "established Church" in Britain became less and less the national Church with the rise of tolerated denominations.

The older preferred language was circa sacra (the magistrate's authority around sacred things) and a national Church. Circa sacra is a more accurate and comprehensive term for the Biblical and reformed view of such matters.

If it is of interest, I give an introduction to Circa Sacra from the older, 1600's reformed writers in this paper:

The Civil Government’s Authority about Religion & the Church, Circa Sacra: An Extended Introduction & a Section from the English Presbyterians’ Divine Right​

On the difference between the Reformation's circa sacra and the later 1800's Establishment Principle, especially as espoused by the Free Church of Scotland, the establishment principle being a reduction of circa sacra, see p. 6, footnote 9, but especially the section on the topic, pp. 84-104.

 

[jwright82]

Jamey,

If it is of interest to you or others:

The term "established Church" was more often used in the 1600's by separatists and dissenters, and only came to be more popularly used in the 1700's and 1800's, as the "established Church" in Britain became less and less the national Church with the rise of tolerated denominations.

The older preferred language was circa sacra (the magistrate's authority around sacred things) and a national Church. Circa sacra is a more accurate and comprehensive term for the Biblical and reformed view of such matters.

If it is of interest, I give an introduction to Circa Sacra from the older, 1600's reformed writers in this paper:

The Civil Government’s Authority about Religion & the Church, Circa Sacra: An Extended Introduction & a Section from the English Presbyterians’ Divine Right​

On the difference between the Reformation's circa sacra and the later 1800's Establishment Principle, especially as espoused by the Free Church of Scotland, the establishment principle being a reduction of circa sacra, see p. 6, footnote 9, but especially the section on the topic, pp. 84-104.

Thanks.