Topics · C

Church and state

20 lines · 27 passages

  1. Ecclesiastical power superior to civil
  2. Appoints kings 1 Sam 10:1
  3. Directs administration 1 Sam 15:1–4
  4. Reproves rulers 1 Sam 15:14–35
  5. Withdraws support and anoints a successor 1 Sam 16:1–13; 2 Kgs 9:1–26; 11:4–12
  6. Attempted usurpation of ecclesiastical functions by civil authorities, reproved 1 Sam 13:8–14; 2 Chr 26:16–21
  7. State superior to religion
  8. 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
  9. Solomon, in thrusting Abiathar out of the high priest’s office 1 Kgs 2:26, 27
  10. 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
  11. Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service 2 Chr 31:2–19
  12. Jeroboam, in subverting the Jewish religion 1 Kgs 12:26–33
  13. Manasseh, in subverting, and afterward restoring, the true religion 2 Chr 33:2–9, 15–17
  14. Jehoash, in supervising the repairs of the temple 2 Kgs 12:4–18
  15. Ahaz, in transforming the altars 2 Kgs 16:10–16
  16. Josiah, in exercising the function of the priests in the temple 2 Chr 34:29–33
  17. State favorable to religion
  18. Cyrus, in his proclamation to restore the temple at Jerusalem 2 Chr 36:22, 23; Ezra 1
  19. Darius, in his edict furthering the restoration of the temple Ezra 6:1–14
  20. Artaxerxes, in exempting priests, Levites, and other temple functionaries from taxes Ezra 7:24
  21. See Government
  22. See Tax

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.

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