Based on Ellen White's writings, I can provide you with her perspective on what we might today call "Christian nationalism." Her writings contain extensive warnings about movements that sought to merge Christianity with governmental power, particularly the National Reform Association of her era. ## Ellen White's Warnings About Christian Nationalism Ellen White specifically addressed the National Reform Association, which she described as seeking to "constitute a Christian government" by amending the Constitution to acknowledge "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). She warned that this movement proposed dangerous principles, including: - That "the state has the right to command the consciences of men" - That government must "enforce upon all that come among us the laws of Christian morality" - That those opposing such Christian government features should "go to some wild, desolate land" and set up their own government (GC88 688.2) ## The Dangers of Religious Legislation Ellen White strongly cautioned: "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. Human councils then assumed the prerogatives of Deity, crushing under their despotic power liberty of conscience; and imprisonment, exile, and death followed for those who opposed their dictates" (5T 712.1). ## Separation of Church and State She emphasized that America's strength came from its foundational principles: "The Christian exiles who first fled to America, sought an asylum from royal oppression and priestly intolerance, and they determined to establish a government upon the broad foundation of civil and religious liberty. These principles are the secret of our power and prosperity as a nation" (4SP 277.1). 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). ## Religious Liberty as a Sacred Principle She taught that "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). Ellen White's position was clear: "When its claims conflict with the claims of God, we must obey God rather than men. God's word must be recognized as above all human legislation. A 'Thus saith the Lord' is not to be set aside for a 'Thus saith the church' or a 'Thus saith the state'" (AA 68.2). Her writings consistently opposed any form of Christian nationalism that would use governmental power to enforce religious observances or Christian morality, viewing such movements as dangerous to both religious liberty and true Christianity itself.