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Melanchthon on Romans 13 (6)
Here is Melanchthon on Romans 13 from the Dispositio orationis in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos with the next two paragraphs added. Translation Romans 13 Proposition: “Let everyone be subject to his own magistracy.”((The word magistratus can mean both “magistracy” (the...
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (5)
On the necessity of civil ordinances, such as laws, contracts, and courts.
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (4)
On respect for magistrates.
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (3)
Melanchthon on Romans 13 and Plato’s Republic.
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (2)
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