The separation between Church and State is as firm a doctrine in America as the Trinity is in Christianity. The Church as a visible orginization must surely remain seperate from the State; the two instititions are given entirely different tasks in this world and to mix them ends up weakening one or the other.

However, every Christian has a different application of that principle in daily life and politics. Some understand this principle to mean that a Christian should not be involved in politics. I understand this view point to be a confusion between the church government and the true church. In fact the separation is not between the spiritual church and the State, but between the government of the Church and the government of the State. For the true church is the collective body of all those whose lives are controled by Christ and who are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. One cannot separate this sort of pervasive faith from one’s life in politics or anything else.