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Richard Gleason Greene

Richard Gleason Greene was a nineteenth-century American theologian and religious polemicist whose work engaged with the relationship between Christian doctrine and civil governance during a period of significant denominational and political ferment. His treatise Christianity a National Law exemplified the broader antebellum discourse concerning the proper role of Christian principles in American public life and legal frameworks. Greene's contributions to this theological debate reflected the intellectual currents of his era, particularly the tensions between evangelical Protestantism and emerging secular political philosophy.

From Christianity a National Law

CHBISTIAUITY .A. UATIOl^AL LA"W. ELECTION SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE nttuim mi w%%%M\m Icpssmeise GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, HOLLIS STREET CHURCH, BOSTOX, Wednesday, January 7, 1874. By RICHARD GLEASON GREENE. BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS, Corner Milk and Federal Streets. 1874. dommonfoealtlj of iWassacfjusetts, House of Representatives, January 19, 1874. The Committee on Election Sermon, to whom was intrusted the duty of presenting the thanks of this House to the Rev. Richard G. Greene for his able and eloquent discourse, beg leave to report that they have attended to that duty, and have the pleasure of presenting a copy of the discourse for publication. Per order, GEO. J. SANGER. J. F. MOORS. JOSEPH E. FISKE. Springfield, Mass., January 14, 1874. Gentlemen :— Thanking the House of Representatives for the honor which they confer upon me by their vote and request, as transmitted through your esteemed hands, I herewith place at your…

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Christianity a National Law 1874 Greene argues that Christianity constitutes a national law governing civil society, integrating religious and political authority in nineteenth-century thought. →

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