August 26, 2020
While the left continues to crudely portray America’s founding as a mere expression of white supremacy, some thinkers on the right have launched their own attacks on American principles. They argue that America’s founding principles are fundamentally the product of Enlightenment liberalism at odds with natural law and faith. They see in the Constitution the seeds of moral relativism, which inevitably leads to Obergefell and gender ideology.
Go to this location Robert Reilly’s new book America on Trial: Defending the Founding is a powerful counterargument, arguing that the nation’s founding roots predate the Enlightenment by thousands of years.
With great scholarship, he examines the entire history of Western culture, from the Greeks, Hebrews, and early Christians, through the Middle Ages, to the Protestant Rebellion and debate over the divine right of kings, to the founding of the United States. Masu. It turns out that America’s founding was part of a millennium-long debate over whether reason or will is supreme.
This interview focuses primarily on unique explanations of some important American constitutional principles in medieval canon and secular law. Finally, Thomas asks some tough questions about the compatibility of the First Amendment with Leo XIII’s teachings on church-state relations and free speech. immortal day.
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[2:09] The stakes in the debate over America’s founding
[10:38] Christianity reduced the role of the state…
[17:15] …while giving legitimacy to the state within its secular sphere.
[22:38] Two swords. Separation of material and spiritual authority
[25:36] The king must respect the ancient customs of the land
[29:02] Development of canon law: consent of rulers, representation
[39:08] Coronation Charter and Magna Carta, Right to Revolution
[42:56] Natural and divine law trumps positive human law, both secular and canonical.
[46:14] The importance of Britain’s role in the colonization of America
[48:57] The political implications of the debate over divine intelligence and pure arbitrary will
[53:43] How consent works: The foundations of democratic majorities and minorities.
[57:54] Dependence on national virtue in a democratic republic
[1:06:15] Revolution against the American government. Was it justified during slavery and today? The role of prudence
[1:13:40] Does the Constitution conflict with Catholic teachings on church and state?
[1:28:34] Is constitutional freedom of speech correct from a Catholic perspective?
[1:36:47] Modern brutality: human re-tribalization through identity politics
[1:39:39] Does the Constitution mandate free speech at the state level?
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robert riley America on Trial: Defending the Founding https://www.ignatius.com/America-on-Trial-P3479.aspx
Pope Leo XIII, immortal day (Regarding the Constitution of a Christian Nation)
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4916
Pope Leo XIII, Longinqua (About American Catholicism)
http://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_06011895_longinqua.html
Phil Lawler Review America on trial
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/answer-to-catholic-critics-american-founding/
David Upham’s review America on trial https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/07/03/how-americanism-put-baby-in-the-corner/
Books mentioned: ancient city Written by Fustel de Coulanges
https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-City-Religion-Institutions-Greece/dp/0801823048
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