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From: bukys@cs.rochester.edu (Liudvikas Bukys)
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Subject: Re: Separation of Church and State
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Date: 27 Aug 90 02:44:59 GMT
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One important point has been neglected in this discussion of
established churches, the U.S. establishment clause, and the influence
of Catholic and Protestant philosophy on the relation of church and
state.

An important difference between the U.S. and its predecessors, and to
some extent between the Reformation-influenced European governments and
the others, is the principal of checks and balances, which is a product
of the Reformation's heavier emphasis on the awareness of the
fallenness of man.