Erastianism

But whether the state might try to dominate religion itself — known in early political theory as Erastianism — was an important concern for Jefferson and Madison.

������ is known as “Erastianism” would be better connected with the name of Grotius.

But the charge of Erastianism – the idea that the church is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state – remains the ultimate theological dirty word.

This was the “square cap” so virulently denounced by the Puritans as a symbol of High Church Erastianism.

They have received no reformation from those whose lives were a scandal to all Christian men: they are not mixed up with the Lutheran or Calvinistic heresy: nor has Erastianism eaten out their life.