[Alex Murphy]

To get to the second part of the reasoning, giving weight to one issue would result in an endorsement of the candidate that agrees with the church. As an Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) §501(c)(3) organization, the Church is prohibited by law from participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. There is no specified safe harbor of permissible intervention; the statutory ban is absolute.

The bishops are men of whom the world is worthy (Heb. 11:38).

And when they had brought [the apostles], they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,
saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men."
-- Acts 5:27-29.

[Rashputin]

Perhaps someone could point out where God told Luther to throw out portions of the Scripture and add to others.