Steven Ozmet's work on the Swiss Reformation helps to make a good deal of sense of why Calvin's Two Kingdoms theology has a weaker distinction than Luther's. (Calvin did learn the hard way the challenges of integrating church and governance, incidentally.)

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Nate's reference to C2K made me chuckle about my eclectic road. I'm #Calvinist and #TwoKingdoms, but my 2K theology came by way of #Luther. I'm a Calvinist who believes in #NaturalLaw, but my natural law theology came by way of Thomas. In every theological circle, I speak with an accent.

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“Occasionally Luther points out that the two governments depend on each other: worldly government creates the precondition for the church’s development of its own activity. The preaching office, on the other hand, serves the authorities by keeping the public peace. But for Luther this includes as an essential component a protest against inappropriate behavior by the political powers. It is true that the world cannot be ruled ‘according to the Gospel and Christian love,’ but preachers certainly have the duty of appealing to the consciences of the authorities: it is necessary to speak the word of God to the ‘clodhoppers!’ So Luther certainly approves of political preaching.” p. 334

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"In any case, the term ‘two-kingdoms doctrine’ was created in 1922 by Karl Barth and was immediately used as a polemical weapon."

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My Reich for this to be comprehended like especially 100 years ago.

“Luther himself does not speak about a doctrine of two kingdoms or two governments, but he does talk about two ‘kingdoms’ and two ‘governments’…” p. 315

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