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Robert Rodes

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The Last Days Of Erastianism: Forms In The American Church-State Nexus, Robert E. Rodes Nov 2013

The Last Days Of Erastianism: Forms In The American Church-State Nexus, Robert E. Rodes

Robert Rodes

In the long history of Christendom, an Erastian view of the relation between Church and State has existed in tension with a High Church view. This paper explores the current state of our current shopworn Erastian-like church-state nexus and considers what forces may bring a more relevant and effective institutional High Church witness into being. The fact that the United States has an Erastian-like church-state relation is borne out in a line of cases involving the judicial resolution of intra-church disputes and the effect to be given the mandates of ecclesiastical authority. It is also borne out in legislative and …


Religious Education And The Historical Method Of Constitution Interpretation - A Review Article, Robert Rodes Nov 2013

Religious Education And The Historical Method Of Constitution Interpretation - A Review Article, Robert Rodes

Robert Rodes

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