Our Basis for the Separation of Church and State

Do we have a basis for the separation of Church and State? How do we know if they are separate? Let us discuss a few points on the subject. First, I refer you to Article 36 of our Confessions of Faith as it appears in the back of our Psalter. This article is titled, “of Magistrates.” And I quote in part – “We believe that our gracious God, because of the depravity of mankind, hath appointed kings, princes, and magistrates, willing that the world should be governed by certain laws and policies;...