Althusius on the Role of the Supreme Magistrate in the Administration of the Church
From The Debate that Changed the West: Grotius versus Althusius (Aalten: Pantocrator Press, 2018), pp. 37–47.
The Question of Church and State
Ecclesiastical sovereignty concerns the first table of the law, the worship of God and the care for the...
The Sacred Public Square
I wrote this back in 1993. I could have written it yesterday. It is as relevant now as it was then. The same basic conflict is going on. The same forces are gnawing at the roots of civilization. Only the disease has progressed apace. It is a sickness...
The Abandonment of the Gentleman's Agreement
The Sacred Public Square
Ruben Alvarado
Copyright ©1993 Ruben Alvarado
This edition published 2013 on commonlawreview.com
Part I: The Abandonment of the Gentleman's Agreement
The attack on liberal democracy proceeds apace even at the ho...
The Reins of the Body Politic
Part II: The Reins of the Body Politic
Our problem hinges on the ambiguity involved in, and the inability to come to terms with, the public dimension of life. What is meant by "public?" What pertains to the "public?" The short answer, of co...
Benedictine Infrastructure
Part III: Benedictine Infrastructure
The fundamental issue facing modern society is the issue of religion: in what does it believe? Which god will it serve? The nations as nations, especially as they come increasingly into the orbit of Western c...