---
title: 'Religion and Politics'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater, D.D., LL.D.'
date: 1880-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 20'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/atwater-1880-religion-and-politics
---

# Religion and Politics

Essay arguing that religion (grounded in the Bible and the Decalogue) should inform public life: the state must uphold moral law, protect religious liberty, and honor the Lord’s Day.

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