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Agreed. In 1780s, many of our founding fathers were acutely aware of centuries of religious wars. We even had factions in the colonies but they saw putting religious differences aside was critical to achieving our Independence. Sad to say, generational amnesia is real and marching some back to the dark ages.

Bob Wilson

 

Earlier this summer I had a reason (there's a back story, but it's long) to try to learn more about the doctrine of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, with a reputation as quite a conservative denomination. I found this striking quote in a 1930 document from the LCMS archives, The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession by Hermann Sasse (translated by Matthew C. Harrison et al.):

The task of the church over against the governing authorities is an especially difficult responsibility. It must guard itself against any illusion of a “Christian state” and must limit itself.​

It left me wondering how many of the denominations that today are so vocally advocating Christian nationalism might in fact have equally clear statements like that in their own denominational archives.