The Founders adopted as their own the Common Law of England. That law can de traced back to the old Germanic Law, but its codification began with The Roman Mission which began the reestablishment of the Church in England. The fist written law of England and it embraced many principle the Justinian code, which was powerful influenced by Christianity. The Courts of Equity, which were founded to counter the inequities in the Common Law procedures, were headed by the Chancellor, who was until the time of Henry VIII a clergyman. One cannot, of course, force a person to be a true Christian but it ought to prevent others from preventing that person from being a true Christian. In order for this to happen, the law itself must defer to that Divine will as well. A Christian Nation is one that acknowledges the Lord and seeks to do his will, however imperfectly.
Thanks for your reply. We need to come to agreement what constitutes a Christian nation. From my article, it ISN’T a nation politically ruled by men of the Christian faith, but rather one where the Bible is the “law of the land.”
Yes, the Founding Fathers were mostly Christian, devout men, but that doesn’t make America a Christian nation.
My argument is that the concept of a Christian nation isn’t found in the Bible for this dispensation (Pentecost to 2nd Coming). Rather, the Christian faith is walked out via the Church, which is a non-political entity. The Christian faith cannot be legislated from the State.