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Kupinga ya Kiprotestanti

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Na ni nini itafanyika kwa haki <strong>ya</strong> mfalme <strong>ya</strong> kuwashazimisha watu kwa upanga wake<br />

kushiriki imani ambayo Kanisa linaamuru, ikidhaniwa kuwa ni imani <strong>ya</strong> kweli, kwa<br />

sababu Kanisa limeiamuru? Hii pia hulipuliwa na kupinduliwa. Kwa hivyo kanuni,<br />

iliyoko ndani <strong>ya</strong> Maandamano, inaweka udhalimu huu vumbini. Mwenyekiti wa Ponti<br />

na upanga wa mfalme hupita, na dhamiri inachukua (nafasi) <strong>ya</strong>o. Lakini Maandamano<br />

haiipi dhamiri kiongozi wake mwenyewe; dhamiri sio sheria kiv<strong>ya</strong>ke. Kama vile uhuniuasi<br />

dhidi <strong>ya</strong>ke Yeye ambaye ni Bwana wake. Maandamano <strong>ya</strong>tangaza kwamba Biblia<br />

ni sheria <strong>ya</strong> dhamiri, na kwamba Mwandishi wake ni Bwana wake peke <strong>ya</strong>ke. Kwa<br />

hivyo kuendesha mkondo wake kati <strong>ya</strong> hatari mbili tofauti, kuepuka machafuko kwa<br />

upande mmoja, na udhalimu kwa upande mwingine, Uprotestanti unakuja ukiwa<br />

umekunjua machoni pa mataifa, bendera <strong>ya</strong> uhuru wa kweli. Wote walio huru<br />

wanapaswa kukusanyika karibu na bendera hiyo.<br />

Sura <strong>ya</strong> 15, Maandamano Makuu<br />

Historia <strong>ya</strong> Uprotestanti, 1870<br />

James A. Wylie

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