Church and State
September 2022
For Christians the meaning and value of a particular state or regime is relative to the Kingdom of God and not to one or another political theory or ideology. From this perspective our world is fallen and in need of redemption which is only found in Christ. Thus it comes as no surprise to the Church that every political system is eventually experienced as oppressive, unfree, and unjust to one degree or another and that the poor and powerless suffer the most. The political responsibility of the Church is to expose the lie of every political system and ideology that with it all things are right. It does not matter where the Church is situated or what the form of the political system is.
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St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America in San Anselmo, CA.