To be sure, imperial powers down the ages have been powerful allies—missionaries came alongside the French colonial expeditions to Canada, the Spanish to Mexico, and the Portuguese to India. Their evangelizing work had the support of the crown. For a long time, Christian clergy even held state power, most notably in the papal states. But the Psalmist warns, “Put not your trust in princes.”
That goes for presidents too. And in the current campaign, piety is playing out in an unusually prominent way.
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