Augustine and two swords doctrine?
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 12:38 pm
Anyone have any resources or source quotes regarding Augustine's views teaching on 'two swords'?
Grace and peace.
Grace and peace.
Perhaps I will try Yoder's book When War is Unjust
I heard an Anabaptist lecture that touched briefly on Augustine and mentioned his view that the church always had the sword of the Spirit but that at the transition of Christendom -he might have called it something else- the church could now use the sword of coercion and force/flesh.
Will share what I find, this seems to be related to but distinct from two kingdom theology.