Based on Ellen White's writings, I can provide you with her perspective on what we might today call "Christian nationalism." While she didn't use this exact term, she wrote extensively about movements that sought to merge Christianity with governmental power, particularly the National Reform Association of her time. ## Ellen White's Warnings About Christian Nationalism Ellen White was deeply concerned about movements that sought to establish a "Christian government" through legislation. She specifically addressed the National Reform Association, which "proposes to have our national constitution amended, 'in order to constitute a Christian government,' 'acknowledging almighty God as the source of all authority and power in civil government, the Lord Jesus Christ as the ruler among the nations, His revealed will as the supreme law of the land'" (GC88 688.2). ## Key Concerns About Religious Legislation She warned that "The National Reform movement, exercising the power of religious legislation, will, when fully developed, manifest the same intolerance and oppression that have prevailed in past ages" (5T 712.1). She saw this as leading to persecution: "imprisonment, exile, and death followed for those who opposed their dictates" (5T 712.1). ## The Principle of Religious Liberty Ellen White strongly advocated for the separation of church and state, writing: "To protect liberty of conscience is the duty of the state, and this is the limit of its authority in matters of religion. Every secular government that attempts to regulate or enforce religious observances by civil authority is sacrificing the very principle for which the evangelical Christian so nobly struggled" (GC 201.1). ## America's Founding Principles She praised America's founding principles, noting that "civil and religious liberty" were "the cornerstones of the American Republic" (GC 295.1). She emphasized that "The Constitution provides that 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof'" (GC88 442.2). ## The Danger of Church-State Union Ellen White warned: "The union of the church with the State, be the degree never so slight, while it may appear to bring the world nearer to the church, does in reality but bring the church nearer to the world" (GC88 296.4). She predicted that "When Protestant churches shall seek the support of the secular power... then will there be a national apostasy which will end only in national ruin" (4SP 410.2). ## Christ's Kingdom vs. Earthly Kingdoms She emphasized that Christ's approach was different: "Christ has hedged in His people from the world, but those who would build up national separation, would do a work for which the Lord Jesus Christ has given no encouragement" (9T 198.2). She reminded readers that Christ declared "My kingdom is not of this world" (referenced in GC88 296.4). Ellen White's writings consistently warn against the dangers of merging religious authority with governmental power, advocating instead for religious liberty and the separation of church and state as essential principles for both religious freedom and national prosperity.