Heritage pt 3: separation of church&state Flashcards
Separation of Church and State was first mentioned in the
reformation
was the first man to use the words Sep/ Church/ State
Roger Williams
The Bible teaches an ____ Sep/Church/ State
institutional
In the ____ Supreme Court case upheld and protected Religious Activity
1878
3 examples of where the Bible teaches sep/church/state-
Genesis 1, Romans 13, King Uzziah
___ court case Engel v. Vital turned sep/church/state 180 degrees
1962
Any religious activity after ___ was the new meaning of the Church after this influential court case decision
1947
___ and ___were taken out of public schools after decision of Engel v. Vital
Prayer and the Bible
___was not present when the framers defined the 1st Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
___did not mention the idea of Sep/Church/State
90 framers
Minorities feeling left out-
outsiders test
Primary purpose of a religious activity should be secular-
lemon test
Government cannot be friendly to religious activity-
Endorsement Test
Approximately ___ years, the 1st Amendment been used against religious groups
50
What military chaplains go through to minister to soldiers-
prayers are proofed by administrators
___was the first true amendment writer
Fisher Ames
A psychologists reason in court of why the bible should not be taught in Public Schools was because
it may cause harm to the child
In the 1980’s, the 10 commandments were taken down from Government buildings
-Reason was if people see them, they might read, if they read, they might respect, if they respect, then they may follow the 10 Commandments
Who was the framer that believed human or civil law relies on Divine law?
They are twin sisters. James Wilson
Who was the framer that believed you need God’s word taught to maintain a civil society?
John Adams
Define Ceremonial Deism-
religious symbols, statements that people don’t believe in anymore ex IN GOD WE TRUST on coins, chaplains
Would you be able to defend the real intent of the 1st amendment? How about the real meaning of Sep/Church/State? Should minorities be able to make decisions for the majority?
The real intent of the 1st Amendment was to protect the church from governmental interference. The real meaning is to keep government out of the church not the other way around. Our government was never created in such a way that the minority overruled the majority.
2nd Kings 7
encourages us to be active in our government and not passive
Luke 19:13
we are encouraged to occupy, invest, expand in our government until Christ’s return
Christian non involvement in Government =
Character of Congress (disobedience and bad morals?)
1 Timothy
encourages us to pray for our leaders local/state/national level
___was one who pushed for his constitutes to pray and act for government
John Hancock
___serve even when you don’t feel like it, it’s the right thing to do
Luke 17-
____one of God’s rewards is Civil Government/ ruler over cities
Luke 19/Matthew 25-
encourages us to vote righteously
Fredrick Douglas
2008 only ___ of evangelical christians participated in elections
25%
great example of participation to get wall built, same for us in government
nehemiah
live for eternity now-
we will have to give account for lives, family, possessions, participation in this Democracy style government
When the ___ rule, the people rejoice. When the ___ rule, the people groan.
righteous, wicked
