Ellen White Quotes on Church and State Separation

La unión de la iglesia y el estado es una combinación de poderes que debilita la vitalidad de la fe y siempre desemboca en la intolerancia religiosa y la opresión15MR 39.2+1. Esta mezcla de política y religión, representada proféticamente por el hierro y el barro, resulta en el descrédito de las instituciones sagradas y en la pérdida de la libertad de conciencia1MR 51.1+1. Es nuestro deber sostener el estandarte de la libertad religiosa y advertir que cuando el estado impone decretos eclesiásticos, se forma una imagen de la apostasía papalST November 8, 1899, par. 5+1. La verdadera adoración nace del amor y no de la fuerza, por lo cual debemos obedecer a Dios antes que a las leyes humanas que contradigan Su Palabra Acts 4:19-20AA 68.2.

The mingling of churchcraft and statecraft is represented by the iron and the clay. This union is weakening all the power of the churches. This investing the church with the power o...— 15MR 39.2 (1990)

Union of Church and State Produces Spiritual Poverty—Earnest movements have been made here in the Parliaments to have God acknowledged in the government of this nation. [...— 12MR 218.2 (1990)

The regulation adopted by the early colonists, of permitting only members of the church to vote or to hold office in the civil government, led to most pernicious results. This measure...— GC 297.1 (1911)

But the stern tracings of the prophetic pencil reveal a change in this peaceful scene. The beast with lamb-like horns speaks with the voice of a dragon, and “exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him.” The spirit of persecution manifested by paganism and the papacy is again to be revealed...— 4SP 277.2 (1884)

This principle we in our day are firmly to maintain. The banner of truth and religious liberty held aloft by the founders of the gospel church and by God's witnesses during the centuries that have pas...— AA 68.2 (1911)

And let it be remembered, it is the boast of Rome that she never changes. The principles of Gregory VII and Innocent III are still the principles of the Roman Catholic Church. And had she but the power, she would pu...— GC 581.1 (1911)

Es un placer compartir contigo estas solemnes verdades sobre la libertad de conciencia y la relación entre la iglesia y el estado. La unión de las iglesias protestantes con el poder civil para imponer dogmas religiosos constituirá una imagen de la jerarquía romana y resultará en una apostasía nacional que terminará en la ruina de la nación7BC 976.4+1. Cuando el estado use su poder para hacer cumplir los decretos de la iglesia, Estados Unidos habrá formado una imagen al papado7BC 976.4+1. El mensaje de advertencia del tercer ángel señala que el papado es la bestia, y la imagen de la bestia representa al protestantismo apóstata que busca la ayuda del poder civilLDE 228.3+1. En este conflicto final, los dignatarios de la iglesia y el estado se unirán para obligar a todas las clases a honrar el domingo, unánimes en la falta de autoridad divina pero suplida por leyes opresivasGC 592.3+1. El mundo protestante está haciendo concesiones a Roma, y esta unión permitirá que el papado recupere su supremacía perdida y reestablezca la persecuciónGC 565.4+1. Debemos despertar y comprender que la observancia obligatoria del domingo es un homenaje que se rinde a la autoridad de la Iglesia CatólicaGC 448.3. Los hijos de Dios deben reconocer que el mandato de Jehová está por encima de toda legislación humana y negarse a deshonrarlo mediante la obediencia a estatutos humanos que contradicen Su leySPCCSR 37.1+1.

Apostasy and National Ruin—When the Protestant churches shall unite with the secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution; when the state shall use its power to enforce the decrees and sustain the institutions of the church—then will Protestant America have formed an image to the papacy, and there will be a national apostasy which will end only in national ruin (The Signs of the Times, March 22, 1910)— 7BC 976.4 (1957)

...ents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. The “mark of the beast” still remains to be defined— GC 445.2 (1911)

...eligious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sundaykeeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of the beast and his image— GC 448.3 (1911)

...ommon, shall influence the State to enforce their decrees and sustain their institutions, then will Protestant America have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy. Then the true church will be assailed by persecution, as were God's ancient people. Almost every century furnishes examples of what bigotry and malice can do under a plea of serving God by protecting the rights of Church and State. Protestant churches that have followed in the steps of Rome by forming alliance with worldly powers have manifested a similar desire to restrict liberty of conscience. In the seventeenth century thousands of non-conformist ministers suffered under the rule of the Church of England. Persecution always follows religious favoritism on the part of secular governments— 4SP 277.2 (1884)

... power of the state; that religious observances may be enforced by secular laws; in short, that the authority of church and state is to dominate the conscience, and the triumph of Rome in this country is assured— GC 581.1 (1911)

...the severest punishment and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death. Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts— GC 615.2 (1911)

...corruption is destroying love of justice and regard for truth, and in order to secure public favor, legislators will yield to the popular demand for a law enforcing Sunday observance. Liberty of conscience, which has cost this nation so great a sacrifice, will no longer be respecte...— 4SP 410.1 (1884)

...omanism. When our nation shall so abjure the principles of its government as to enact a Sunday law, Protestantism will in this act join hands with the Papacy; it will be giving life to the tyranny which has long been eagerly watching its opportunity to spring again into active despotism— ST November 28, 1900, par. 2 (1874)