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title: 'Conscience and Civil Government: An Oration'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'John Lafayette Girardeau'
date: 1860-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church and State'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Matthew 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/girardeau-1860-conscience-and-civil-government
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# Conscience and Civil Government: An Oration

Oration arguing civil government is a divine ordinance; citizens owe obedience, yet conscience limits submission. Resistance may be justified when laws conflict with God’s law.

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