عنوان

Every Foreign Land is Their Native Country, and Every Land of Birth is a Land of Strangers

Number

LA116795

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Every Foreign Land is Their Native Country, and Every Land of Birth is a Land of Strangers

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Abraham van de Beek

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

The author compares three models of the relation of church and state. The Hungarian king Stephen(± 1000 AD) pleads for a plural society with different cultural and ethnic traditions. Different religious traditions easily fit into this model. The model of the Roman Emperor Constantine (beginning of the 4th century) provides an intertwining of church and state. The unknown author of the epistle to Diognetus (± 200 AD) describes a church that is spread among the nations and does not identify itself with any one nation. The first and the last model are compatible while both exclude Constantine's. The difference with the modern idea of religious freedom is that this idea deals with individual believers while the model of Stephen and Diognetus speaks of a plurality of communities. That is a more solid base for human dignity because the community provides people a place to be at home. The author compares three models of the relation of church and state. The Hungarian king Stephen(± 1000 AD) pleads for a plural society with different cultural and ethnic traditions. Different religious traditions easily fit into this model. The model of the Roman Emperor Constantine (beginning of the 4th century) provides an intertwining of church and state. The unknown author of the epistle to Diognetus (± 200 AD) describes a church that is spread among the nations and does not identify itself with any one nation. The first and the last model are compatible while both exclude Constantine's. The difference with the modern idea of religious freedom is that this idea deals with individual believers while the model of Stephen and Diognetus speaks of a plurality of communities. That is a more solid base for human dignity because the community provides people a place to be at home.

Date of Publication

2007

Physical description

178-194

Title

Journal of Reformed Theology

Volume Number

1/2

International Standard Serial Number

1569-7312

Subject Term

CHURCH AND STATE

Subject Term

CONSTANTINE

Subject Term

DIOGNETUS

Subject Term

MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Subject Term

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Subject Term

STEPHEN I OF HUNGARY

Abraham van de Beek

Call Number

10.1163/156973107X197347

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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