p. 6 | Church and State Separation

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 9, 1907

Church and State Separation

An interesting discussion has recently been going on between Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, and Paul Sabatier, a French historian, over the matter of the separation of church and state. The historian advises the cardinal, who, he says, “is so proud of the separation between the church and state in America,” to read the papal bulls, which absolutely condemn separation. M. Sabatier declares also that “the holy see tolerates and endures separation in America because it has to.” The language of the American cardinal and his position on this question are evidently the language and the position of diplomacy and expediency.