WCF 23.2 — Of the Civil Magistrate

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Article

It is lawful for Christians to accept and execute the office of a magistrate, when called thereunto: in the managing whereof, as they ought especially to maintain piety, justice, and peace, according to the wholesome laws of each commonwealth; so, for that end, they may lawfully, now under the new testament, wage war, upon just and necessary occasion.

Links

• part_of source-manifest/wcf
• precedes confession-article/wcf-23-03

Source

• source-manifest/wcf — Westminster Confession of Faith (PD, OPC)
• evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook