Church And State
22 references
- ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL
- Appoints kings 1 Sam. 10:1
- Directs administration 1 Sam. 15:1-4
- Reproves rulers 1 Sam. 15:14-35
- Withdraws support and anoints a successor 1 Sam. 16:1-13; 2 Kgs. 9:1-26; 11:4-12
- Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved 1 Sam. 13:8-14; 2 Chr. 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 Chr. 23; 24; 25; 2 Chr. 35:4
- Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's office 1 Kgs. 2:26,27
- Solomon, in overshadowing the ecclesiastical in building the temple, and officiating primarily in the dedication, intercessory or priestly prayer, pronouncing the benediction, etc 1 Kgs. 5:8
- Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service 2 Chr. 31:2-19
- Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion 1 Kgs. 12:26-33
- Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion 2 Chr. 33:2-9,15-17
- Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple 2 Kgs. 12:4-18
- Ahaz, in transforming the altars 2 Kgs. 16:10-16
- Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple 2 Chr. 34:29-33
- STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION
- Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem 2 Chr. 36:22,23; 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
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.