Mt. 22: 15-22: Jesus
invites his adversaries to give political life its true place and not to
confuse faith and religious fanaticism. ‘What belongs to Ceaser ‘ means ‘the
kind of things which fall under his rule’. Thus ‘what belongs to God’ means
‘the obedience of conscience was due only to God’. So he separates religion
from politics. From now on, religion should not be manipulated for political
purposes, nor should religion confuse its political opponents with the enemies
of the kingdom.
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