Claiming State Protection

"The consistory shall take care that the churches, for the possession of their property and the peace and order of their meetings, can claim the protection of the authorities; it should be well understood, however, that for the sake of peace and material possession they may never suffer the royal government of Christ over His church to be in the least infringed upon." A Radical Revision Our present Article 28 represents a radical revision of the original article. The original Article 28 as...