22. What did Augustine, the father of this theocratical or church-and-state theory, teach concerning
it?
Answer
"Who doubts but what it is better to be led to God by instruction than by fear of punishment or affliction?
But because the former, who will be guided only by instruction, are better, the others are still not to be
neglected. . . . Many, like bad servants, must often be reclaimed to their Master by the rod of temporal
suffering, ere they can attain to this highest stage of religious development. "-Id., pages 214, 215.
In what other way is this same truth stated?
How complete was Christ's victory over death?
How is the righteousness thus obtained described?
Who alone went into the second apartment, how often, and for what purpose?
What is the essential principle of the law of God?
What is the one great feature by which the true God is distinguished from all false gods?
What only can overcome the world?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle