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ERASTIANS Definition & Legal Meaning

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The followers of Erastus. The sect obtained much influence in England,particularly among common lawyers in the time of Selden. They held that offensesagainst religion and morality should be punished by the civil power, and not by the censuresof the church or by excommunication. Wharton.

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