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The Two Realms And The "Separation Of Church And State" In American Society, Ernest B. Koenker
The Two Realms And The "Separation Of Church And State" In American Society, Ernest B. Koenker
Concordia Theological Monthly
In the dramatic episode before Pilate, Caesar's procurator, Christ said: "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is My kingdom not from hence" (John 18:36). Christ unquestionably possessed a kingdom, one of power, righteousness, wealth, stability, beauty, but now as He stands before Caesar, He seems to be dispossessed. So great was His extremity that the primus inter pares of the small band, the very one who shortly before had wielded a sword to save Him, an …