Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized) · Chapter 24
Of the Civil Magistrate
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2. It is lawful for Christians to Accept and Execute the Office of a Magistrate, when called thereunto; in the management whereof, as they ought especially to maintain Justice, and Peace, according to the wholesome Laws of each Kingdom, and Commonwealth: So for that end they may lawfully now under the New Testamenta wage War upon just and necessary occasions.b
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Related texts
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 24.2
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (modernized, 1658) 24.2
- Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 23.2
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Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689) 24.2, symbolics.dev/lbcf1689-modernized/24.2
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