19 January 2020
Word of the Day: Erastianism
ERASTIANISM. The system of Church-State relations named after Thomas
Erastus (1524-83), who was a follower of Huldreich Zwingli (1484-1531) and whose
real name was Thomas Lieber. Its main thesis is the supremacy of civil rulers
in matters of religion. The basis for this theory is the alleged analogy between
the Jewish and the Christian dispensations. Erastianism became the theological
justification for the established churches in England and elsewhere.
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