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.
 


Through whom are repentance and forgiveness granted?
By what is this cleansing from sin and fitting for God's service accomplished?
Did God's chosen people receive Christ when He came?
In what other way do some dishonor their father and mother?
In what words had the prophet Daniel foretold this?
To what place did Jesus retire for secret devotion?
To whom has God given the earth?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle