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Church And State

 

CHURCH AND STATE ;

ECCLESIASTICAL POWER SUPERIOR TO CIVIL

• Appoints kings
- 1Sa 10:1
• Directs administration
- 1Sa 15:1-4
• Reproves rulers
- 1Sa 15:14-35
• Withdraws support and anoints a successor
- 1Sa 16:1-13; 2Ki 9:1-26; 11:4-12
• Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil
authorities, reproved - 1Sa 13:8-14; 2Ch 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 - 1Ch 23; 24; 25; 2Ch 35:4
• Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest's
office - 1Ki 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 - 1Ki 5:8
• Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service
- 2Ch 31:2-19
• Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion
- 1Ki 12:26-33
• Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true
religion - 2Ch 33:2-9,15-17
• Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple
- 2Ki 12:4-18
• Ahaz, in transforming the altars
- 2Ki 16:10-16
• Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the
temple - 2Ch 34:29-33

STATE FAVORABLE TO RELIGION

• Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at
Jerusalem - 2Ch 36:22,23; Ezr 1:1-11
• Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the
temple - Ezr 6:1-14
• Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple
functionaries from taxes - Ezr 7:24
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GOVERNMENT
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