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Roma's 13. Romans 13 and the COVID-19 virus, April 8th, 2020. Introduction. As the numerous state lockdowns continue, and various Christian organizations have to make decisions about what to do about it, churches particularly,

this brings into high relief all the various assumptions that Christians have been

caring about concerning Romans 13. Huh, we think. Look at that.

What I would like for this post to do is to provide something of a primer on

sphere sovereignty. How are the governments God created to relate to one

another in a time such as this? But if you want to get the most out of this primer, then I would

recommend that you take a look at two earlier posts I've done on this particular issue.

The first is something I wrote right when the pandemic was heating up, jump down to the section

entitled Jurisdictions, and the second provides some scriptural instructions on how quarantines are supposed to work.

Those observations are consistent with what I've written elsewhere and with what I'm ready here.

The Romans 13 Problem

As our session of elders has been working this out,

one of our men helpfully outlined the three positions that Christians tend to take

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