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Originally Posted by Draught Horse  disciples of Christ aren't given the sword, that wasn't my argument. And I believe that disciples of Christ may serve in civil governments (see Luther's works on this matter). My point is that their are times when God himself authorizes and norms the use of the sword. |
My apologies if I have misunderstood what your intent in the argument was. What I was saying was that whether or not God authorizes the use of the sword, Christians should be separate from that. Were you not concerned with
Christians at this stage of your debate/discussion? Meaning, you weren't specifically discussing Christians at the time?