You'll be happy to know that "thou shalt not kill" and "thou shalt not steal" will no longer be part of the "secular" legal system then. Enjoy your citizenship, comrade!
It is probably best if we keep the agencies of these two kingdoms, the State and the Church, separate, and let them do their own ministrations. It may be a fine thing when we see Christian virtues blossoming in the State, but that doesn’t mean the clergy or religious officials should be walking in the halls of power or preaching politics, much less does it mean that statesmen or politicians should preach in the churches or define doctrine. Jesus is not a king “of this world,” and Caesar is not lord of our souls. One rightly senses a great trespass when the two are confused.
the above by Fr. Andrew Mead
It is probably best if we keep the agencies of these two kingdoms, the State and the Church, separate, and let them do their own ministrations. It may be a fine thing when we see Christian virtues blossoming in the State, but that doesn’t mean the clergy or religious officials should be walking in the halls of power or preaching politics, much less does it mean that statesmen or politicians should preach in the churches or define doctrine. Jesus is not a king “of this world,” and Caesar is not lord of our souls. One rightly senses a great trespass when the two are confused.
the above by Fr. Andrew Mead