Samuel Rutherford (also Rutherfurd or Rutherfoord; c.– 29 March 1661) was a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian who wrote widely read letters, sermons, devotional and scholastic works. As a political theorist, he is known for "Lex, Rex: the Law and the Prince," a defense of constitutionalism and limited government against the supposed divine right of kings, and other works advocating separation of church and state and a divine right of presbyters (elders). He was one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly.
Born | Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
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29 March 1661 (aged ) London, England
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