Matheus

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As for power over the conscience, implicit power can influence beliefs, such as assent to Christian truth, but civil law cannot command belief. It can only direct bodies. It orders outward action. Civil power cannot touch the conscience. Why? Because the conscience is a forum of persuasion and civil power is a power of command. The civil command “believe in Christ” violates a necessary condition of belief, namely, that belief is a matter of persuasion—something that one affirms.12 You cannot affirm commands, as I’ve said. Therefore, since inward faith is essentially a matter of persuasion (or ...more
The Case for Christian Nationalism
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