Church and state

PREVIOUS Church NEXT Churning

Church and state

ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL
- Appoints kings
  1 Samuel 10:1
- Directs administration
  1 Samuel 15:1-4
- Reproves rulers
  1 Samuel 15:14-35
- Withdraws support and anoints a successor
  1 Samuel 16:1-13 ; 2 Kings 9:1-26 ; 11:4-12
- Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved
  1 Samuel 13:8-14 ; 2 Chronicles 26:16-21
STATE SUPERIOR TO RELIGION
- David, in organizing the priests and Levites in courses, and appointing musicians, instruments, and other details of religious services
  1 Chronicles 23 ; 24 ; 25 ; 2 Chronicles 35:4
- Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priests office
  1 Kings 2:26 1 Kings 2:27
- Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc
  1 Kings 5:8
- Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service
  2 Chronicles 31:2-19
- Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion
  1 Kings 12:26-33
- Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion
  2 Chronicles 33:2-9 2 Chronicles 33:15-17
- Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple
  2 Kings 12:4-18
- Ahaz, in transforming the altars
  2 Kings 16:10-16
- Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple
  2 Chronicles 34:29-33
STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION
- Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem
  2 Chronicles 36:22 2 Chronicles 36:23 ; Ezra 1:1-11
- Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the temple
  Ezra 6:1-14
- Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxes
  Ezra 7:24
- See GOVERNMENT
- See TAX

Bibliography Information

Nave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Church and state'". "Nave's Topical Bible". . 1896.

PREVIOUS Church NEXT Churning

Church and state

Share