So that only applied to the Roman Empire of Christ's day, and hasn't had any meaning since Caesar died.
Carry on.
“...So that only applied to the Roman Empire of Christ’s day, and hasn’t had any meaning since Caesar died...”
No, I’m saying that when we think politically we are compelled to think as Christians in the political realm because “We the people” are the rulers. We cannot divorce our political thinking from other aspects of our Christian lives.
And it usually seems that those who are strict constructionists with the Constitution are strict constructionists with the Bible as well.