Rev. Charles Browning

RE: https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/116019208717189106

Funny thing about that Romans 13 reference: in context, it’s Saint Paul making a subtle dig at the Roman Empire by saying that Caesar is under the authority of a higher God (and not a god himself). Also, as a Taiwanese theologian points out, in a constitutional democracy the *constitution* is the government, so Saint Paul’s admonition to “submit to government” would obligate all Christians to obey the constitution and not particular political figures. This also obligates us to #resist.

Feb 5 at 6:12pmIceCubesApp
Show threadRev. Charles BrowningFeb 5
Further, Saint Paul is effectively telling the church in Rome: “if they’re going to martyr you anyway, let it be for reasons of godly love and grace and not tax evasion.”
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@FrChazzz

The position of the Taiwanese theologian you refer to seems striking to me. Can you provide me with the reference? Would love to dive into it.

Show threadRev. Charles BrowningFeb 7

@ebenezerfan1990 Theologian's name is Sicong Zhang and I learned about his take from a quote in an essay by Sze-Kar Wan ("Reading Romans in the Midst of Empire") in the volume *The New Testament Around the World*. The link provided in the citation is this, but it's in Chinese...

http://haleluya.cc/c/document_library/get_file?p_1_id=7096979&folderId=6693217&name=DLFE-67580.pdf