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Debrecen Profession of Faith (1562)
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Peter Mélius Juhász (1536–1572) & Gregory Szegedi (1511–1569), &co.
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Debrecen Profession of Faith (1562)
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Peter Mélius Juhász (1536–1572) & Gregory Szegedi (1511–1569), &co.
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This thread will draw from a Hungarian confession that has been known by three names: Debrecen, Catholica, Agrovalliensis. 
#ProtestantPoliticalTheory from THE FIRST BOOK OF DISCIPLINE (1560) by John Knox (ca. 1514 – 1572), John Winram (ca. 1492 – 1582), John Spottiswoode (1510 – 1585), John Willock (†1585), John Douglas (ca. 1494 – 1574), and John Row (ca. 1525 – 1580)
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"To the Great council of Scotland now admitted to the regiment, by the providence of God, and by the common consent of the Estates thereof, your honours’ humble servants and ministers of Christ Jesus within the same wish grace, mercy, and peace."
First Book of Discipline (1560)
First Book of Discipline (1560)
"I confess that God wills that the world be ruled by laws and governments so that the reins are not absent by which the actions of unruly men are restrained."
Geneva Students’ Confession (1559)
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Geneva Students’ Confession (1559)
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"And for this reason, He has established kingdoms, principalities, dominions, and whatever else pertains to civil jurisdiction."
Geneva Students’ Confession (1559)
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Geneva Students’ Confession (1559)
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"It is certainly not possible for the common ministers and servants of the Word of the eternal God to commence and maintain fruitfully an external order without the co-operation and help of the temporal authorities."
The Bern Synod (1532)
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The Bern Synod (1532)
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"It is fitting that the magistrate who desires to maintain a Christian rule and a pious government should diligently apply His authority as God’s maidservant, preserving the external aspects of the doctrine and life of the gospel among their subjects."
The Bern Synod (1532)
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The Bern Synod (1532)
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#ProtestantPoliticalTheory a compilation thread for the compilation threads touching on the political theory found in early official Protestant documents from a range of traditions 🧵
1. Zwingli's Sixty-Seven Articles (1523)🧵
2. The Augsburg Confession (1530) by Philip Melanchthon 🧵
