---
title: 'The Reformation and Natural Law'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1909-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Reformation History'
- 'Natural Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 2'
- 'Leviticus 18'
- 'Exodus 20'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1909-the-reformation-and-natural-law
---

# The Reformation and Natural Law

Surveys the Reformation's relation to natural law, showing Melanchthon and Luther's roles and how Protestant theology shaped later natural-law and Enlightenment legal thought.

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