RE: Colonial self government looking for recognition from Parliament, not necessarily independence at that point.
OK, peoople who know their American History know all these. The question then become, was their declaration of independence ( which England’s King and Parliament did not approve of ), a violation of Scripture?
This question is really only for Christians who take the Bible seriously and submit to it as the highest authority for faith and practice.
The question is not relevant to those who don’t take what the Bible teaches as inspired by God.
“This question is really only for Christians who take the Bible seriously and submit to it as the highest authority for faith and practice.”
Sounds like the classic “I’m the one taking the Bible seriously and therefore you aren’t” claim. The Black Robe Regiment begged to differ.
The “Black Robe Regiment” was a label given by Loyalists to the Colonial pastors in favor of liberty and the right to equal treatment as Englishmen.
Lutheran minister Peter Muhlenberg being perhaps the most famous but he was just one of many. They were so influental that the Tories blamed them for winning American independence.