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| − | The '''Two kingdoms doctrine''' is a Lutheran teaching. [[God]] rules the entire world, but he does this in two ways: temporal and spiritual. | + | The '''Two kingdoms doctrine''' is a Lutheran teaching. [[God]] rules the entire world, but he does this in two ways: temporal and spiritual. The two kingdoms bear a resemblance to certain features from [[Saint Augustine]] of Hippo, who distinguished between the ''City of God'' and the Earthly city, a city of man.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=G-20AF8gV2MC&pg=PA23 Encyclopedia of Political Thought]</ref> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Martin Luther]] | * [[Martin Luther]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist|1}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://www.elca.org/JLE/Articles/931 Luther's Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms] | * [https://www.elca.org/JLE/Articles/931 Luther's Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms] | ||
Revision as of 20:28, March 12, 2017
The Two kingdoms doctrine is a Lutheran teaching. God rules the entire world, but he does this in two ways: temporal and spiritual. The two kingdoms bear a resemblance to certain features from Saint Augustine of Hippo, who distinguished between the City of God and the Earthly city, a city of man.[1]