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zealous protestors against Catholicism. He did so to the point that he tacitly endorsed the clamping down of civil authorities upon those who were physically causing terror. For readers, take note that his position is yet echoed by the statements of the Lutheran “Book of Concord”. It is taught among us that all government in the world and all established rule and laws were instituted and ordained by God for the sake of good order, and that Christians may without sin occupy civil offices or serve as princes and judges, render decisions and pass sentence according to imperial and other existing laws, punish evildoers with the sword, engage in just wars, serve as soldiers, buy and sell, take required oaths, possess property, be married, etc. (Tappert, T. G. (Ed.). (1959). The Book of Concord the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Philadelphia: Mühlenberg Press.) However, though not forwarded by extreme pacifists living in our human societies since the Reformation, the statement allows for open participation of the Church and its baptized Christians as individuals to promote resistance toward sinful actions. We continue in the Book of Concord to read… Accordingly, Christians are obliged to be subject to civil authority and obey its commands and laws in all |
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