{"id":27509,"date":"2015-10-27T10:42:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=27509"},"modified":"2015-10-27T10:42:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:42:57","slug":"new-testament-280","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/10\/new-testament-280.html","title":{"rendered":"New Testament 280"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, in Washington DC (aka \u201cWashington National Cathedral\u201d).
Wikimedia CC; please click to enlarge.
Despite its location, the Cathedral never hosts federal business, nor do its leaders hold \u201cex officio\u201d positions in the government of the United States. \u00a0It is a private church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Matthew 22:15-22<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark 12:13-17<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke 20:20-26<\/a><\/p>\n

Compare Mark 12:12; John 3:2<\/p>\n

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The episode described in these passages is pivotal for the history of western civilization, because it offers a basis for the separation of church and state. \u00a0No such basis is clearly established in the Hebrew Bible, and it\u2019s not evident in the origins of Islam either, where Muhammad functioned for the last ten years of his life (AD 622-632) as both prophet and statesman.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the West itself required a long time before really grasping the idea.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew 22:15-22 Mark 12:13-17 Luke 20:20-26 Compare Mark 12:12; John 3:2 \u00a0 The episode described in these passages is pivotal for the history of western civilization, because it offers a basis for the separation of church and state. \u00a0No such basis is clearly established in the Hebrew Bible, and it\u2019s not evident in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Testament 280<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    Matthew 22:15-22 Mark 12:13-17 Luke 20:20-26 Compare Mark 12:12; John 3:2   The episode described in these passages is pivotal for the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/10\/new-testament-280.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Testament 280\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"    Matthew 22:15-22 Mark 12:13-17 Luke 20:20-26 Compare Mark 12:12; 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