---
title: 'National Establishment of Religion, a Divine Institution'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Sloane'
date: 1860-12-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'United States'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Ezra 7'
- 'Isaiah 60'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/sloane-1860-national-establishment-of-religion-a-divine-institution
---

# National Establishment of Religion, a Divine Institution

1860 sermon arguing that civil rulers must enforce God's laws and officially support the church; national establishment of religion is divinely sanctioned and US separation invites God's wrath.

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