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Does Romans 13 Negate the Legitimacy of the American Revolution?

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Hundreds of colonial pastors and priests supported the Revolution from their pulpits, spurred their congregations to take up arms against the British, and served as chaplains in George Washington’s Continental Army. Were they wrong? (Pictured: Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, 1720-1796).

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