Authority Quote by John MacArthur

A just government has no need for the clergy or the church.

— James Madison

The state authorities have no place in the church of God, no right to control and persecute the conscience.

— Hans Denck

Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.

— Thomas Jefferson

God has not granted civic rulers authority over the doctrine, practice, or polity of the church.

— John MacArthur

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

— Jeremy Bentham

The biblical framework limits the authority of each institution to its specific jurisdiction. The church does not have the right to meddle in the…

— John MacArthur

Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.

— Thomas Jefferson

Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.

— Roger Sherman

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in the Church or out of it, becomes dangerous to…

— Abraham Lincoln

It appears likely that there was no normative pattern of church government in the apostolic age, and that the organizational structure of the church…

— George Eldon Ladd

As the magistrate has no power to impose by his laws the use of any rites and ceremonies in any church, so neither has…

— John Locke

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

— James Buchanan