Separation of powers, Separation of church and state

Religion and Politics Don’t Mix - A Modern Fairy Tale

By Rev. Michael Bresciani
Monday, August 17, 2009

America is a land of many contradictions possibly born out of her love for freedom. Some are comical while others are harmful. Most go completely un-noticed because they are often voiced and repeated but rarely ever examined or scrutinized. One of the top falsehoods that have become common wisdom is that ‘religion and politics don’t mix.’ Why is this not true?

The first mention or allusion to ‘the separation of powers’ or as we now say, ‘the separation of church and state’ is also its best definition. “Jesus answering said unto them, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.â€