On Church and State
Two Kingdoms, One Lord
The Two Kingdoms Doctrine in Confessional Lutheran Perspective
Published
God governs His world in two ways — through the civil realm of law and order and through the spiritual realm of Word and Sacrament — and the confusion of the two lies behind much of the church’s trouble with politics and power. This essay lays out Luther’s two-kingdoms doctrine in confessional Lutheran perspective: two kingdoms, one Lord over both.