Every Foreign Land is Their Native Country, and Every Land of Birth is a Land of Strangers

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" Every Foreign Land is Their Native Country, and Every Land of Birth is a Land of Strangers "
Abraham van de Beek

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073166
Doc. No	:	LA116795
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973107X197347‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Abraham van de Beek
Title & Author	:	Every Foreign Land is Their Native Country, and Every Land of Birth is a Land of Strangers [Article]\ Abraham van de Beek
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2007
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/2
Page No	:	178–194
Abstract	:	The author compares three models of the relation of church and state. The Hungarian king Stephen(± 1000 AD) pleads for a plural society with different cultural and ethnic traditions. Different religious traditions easily fit into this model. The model of the Roman Emperor Constantine (beginning of the 4th century) provides an intertwining of church and state. The unknown author of the epistle to Diognetus (± 200 AD) describes a church that is spread among the nations and does not identify itself with any one nation. The first and the last model are compatible while both exclude Constantine's. The difference with the modern idea of religious freedom is that this idea deals with individual believers while the model of Stephen and Diognetus speaks of a plurality of communities. That is a more solid base for human dignity because the community provides people a place to be at home. The author compares three models of the relation of church and state. The Hungarian king Stephen(± 1000 AD) pleads for a plural society with different cultural and ethnic traditions. Different religious traditions easily fit into this model. The model of the Roman Emperor Constantine (beginning of the 4th century) provides an intertwining of church and state. The unknown author of the epistle to Diognetus (± 200 AD) describes a church that is spread among the nations and does not identify itself with any one nation. The first and the last model are compatible while both exclude Constantine's. The difference with the modern idea of religious freedom is that this idea deals with individual believers while the model of Stephen and Diognetus speaks of a plurality of communities. That is a more solid base for human dignity because the community provides people a place to be at home.
Descriptor	:	CHURCH AND STATE
Descriptor	:	CONSTANTINE
Descriptor	:	DIOGNETUS
Descriptor	:	MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Descriptor	:	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Descriptor	:	STEPHEN I OF HUNGARY
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973107X197347‬