Jacques Ellul Quotes

The biblical view is not just apolitical but antipolitical in the sense that it refuses to confer any value on political power, or in the sense that it regards political power as idolatrous.

Jacques Ellul

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• The biblical view is not just apolitical but antipolitical in the sense that it refuses to confer any value on political power, or in the sense that it regards political power as idolatrous.

  

  Jacques Ellul
  • Power
  • Political
  • Value