Today is Saint Andrew's Day. This is the first commemoration of the Church year, Andrew was the first disciple of Jesus so I guess that is why he gets first place. The first Sunday in Advent is always the Sunday closest to St. Andrew's Day.
In the readings for today in the Treasury of Daily Prayer is this quotation passed on by Valerius Herberger spoken when Andrew was being martyred by crucifixion and had been on the cross for three days and his hearers wanted to take him down by force: "Ah, let God take care of it! Do not make the peace of the Gospel suspect by your unnecessary revolt against the government."
I guess that answers what Andrew thought about obeying the government even when it is very clearly wrong!
In the readings for today in the Treasury of Daily Prayer is this quotation passed on by Valerius Herberger spoken when Andrew was being martyred by crucifixion and had been on the cross for three days and his hearers wanted to take him down by force: "Ah, let God take care of it! Do not make the peace of the Gospel suspect by your unnecessary revolt against the government."
I guess that answers what Andrew thought about obeying the government even when it is very clearly wrong!
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