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.
To what extent has Christ suffered for sinners?
When David confessed his sin, what did he say God did?
What change is wrought in conversion, or the new birth?
What event is closely associated with the establishment of God's everlasting kingdom?
What effect did this answer have upon the Jews?
19. What testimony does Eusebius (AD. 270-338), a noted bishop of the church, a flatterer of Constantine, and the reputed father of ecclesiastical history, bear upon this subject?
What did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to his baptism?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle