Theonomy and Theocracy
Advocates of theonomy have either blurred the distinction between theocracy and theonomy or simply ignored it as they appeal to the premodern Reformed theologians in support of their agenda. When writers such as Calvin and Rutherford are read in their own historical context, they are not found to be arguing for anything like the absolute moral necessity of the application of the Mosaic civil laws and penalties to the postcanonical state.
Scott Clark. Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice (Phillipsburgs, New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 2008), 0