Timeline for Is there any biblical support for the Church to allow governments to close churches and prevent public worship?
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| Nov 29, 2020 at 17:22 | vote | accept | Lesley | ||
| Nov 28, 2020 at 17:44 | history | edited | Lesley | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Nov 21, 2020 at 8:35 | history | edited | Lesley | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 20, 2020 at 18:30 | answer | added | SLM | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 17:50 | answer | added | Peter Turner♦ | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 16:08 | comment | added | Graham | @Lesley DJClayworth is correct that you needed to clarify that your question was not about religious persecution, but your opinion is still not phrased as a question, nor even as background information. It is your subjective commentary on how you see possible implications. Your original question certainly stands, but it stands in the middle of a lot of personal opinion which isn't a question. | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 15:33 | comment | added | Lesley | @Graham - DJClayworth asked me to edit in the points I raised in my first comments, and so I complied. The question still stands: Is there any biblical support for the Church to allow Government to close its doors and prevent public worship? | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 14:32 | comment | added | Codosaur | "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's" - Matt 22:21 | |
| Nov 20, 2020 at 12:01 | comment | added | Graham | Your edit has changed this from a question to a polemic. There are no issues with the original question, but a question must be a question. Having a brief question and the rest of the post as broadcasting your own opinion is not permitted on SE generally, and makes this liable to be flagged and closed, or at the very least editted for you by a moderator. Please delete that section you have just added. | |
| Nov 19, 2020 at 8:03 | comment | added | Lesley | Kevin, this pandemic is no respecter of religions. It affects Catholics (both East and West) and Protestants alike. Also, each country imposes different restrictions but the one question that perhaps all church leaders should be thinking about is the way forward. It's a global issue that affects all Christians as well as people of other faiths. I'm sorry you think this question is non-sensical, but please bear in mind this is not a hypothetical situation. You may disapprove of this question but it is stimulating debate and I'm sure this situation is exercising the minds of all church leaders. | |
| Nov 19, 2020 at 7:44 | comment | added | Kevin Keane | The question asks about "the Church" without specifying which specific denomination/organization. Given that different church organizations have different policies, there obviously is no consensus. That makes the whole question non-sensical. | |
| Nov 18, 2020 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackChristian/status/1329122198909497346 | ||
| Nov 18, 2020 at 14:52 | history | edited | Lesley | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 18, 2020 at 10:57 | answer | added | Graham | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 18, 2020 at 10:36 | answer | added | Anne | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Nov 18, 2020 at 7:13 | comment | added | kutschkem | Governments wouldn't need to do anything if people tried to be part of the solution and not the problem. Instead, people are protesting because they are told to wear masks, when that is the smallest measure imaginable. My church preemptively cancelled meetings worldwide before any government did. And was well prepared for that. | |
| Nov 18, 2020 at 6:14 | answer | added | JBH | timeline score: 9 | |
| Nov 18, 2020 at 6:12 | answer | added | Nigel J | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 20:21 | comment | added | Lesley | Yes, it's a tricky question, but the Church today is not in a hypothetical situation. It's real, it's now and it's not going away. No, this is not about persecution. It's about what biblical principles apply right here and right now in the 21st century. I'm sure the Pope and whoever is in charge of the Anglican Church (no disrespect, I honestly can't remember) have written about this and how the Bible can guide us through these difficult times. Every Christian on the planet needs to face up to what's going on. This is not a hypothetical situation. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 20:15 | comment | added | DJClayworth | Questions about how churches should respond to hypothetical situations are pretty much off topic. There are many churches outside The West that have suffered genuine persecution and prohibition, and you are welcome to ask about how they have responded. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 20:07 | answer | added | DJClayworth | timeline score: 45 | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 19:28 | comment | added | DJClayworth | Lesley, can you please edit that information into the question. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 19:16 | comment | added | Lesley | Good point. It's the thin edge of a wedge that could escalate into a situation where a precedent, having already been set, could result in churches becoming impotent. No, this isn't about "persecution" because governments don't like Christianity. It's about "where do we go from here" now that Catholic and Protestant churches have seemingly caved in from the word go and are only now waking up to the consequences of being unable to function as God intended them to. Does that answer your question? This is obviously a very fluid situation. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 18:43 | comment | added | DJClayworth | Are you asking about closing churches for a pandemic, or are you asking about where a government prevents Christian activity just because they don't want it to happen? Because those are two very different cases. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 17:07 | history | asked | Lesley | CC BY-SA 4.0 |