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title: 'The Ultimate Source of the State’s Authority'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'David McAllister'
date: 1907-02-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Luke 20'
- 'Acts 17'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mcallister-1907-the-ultimate-source-of-the-states-authority
---

# The Ultimate Source of the State’s Authority

Argues the state's sovereign authority must be traced to God, with the people as the mediate source. Secularizing the state yields practical atheism; civil power must obey divine moral law.

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