Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore atheism did never perturb states; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further: and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Cæsar) were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. The master of superstition is the people; and in all superstition wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.
Francis BaconTag: practice morality philosophy religion atheism virtue government sense superstition wise argument reputation laws confusion caesar monarchy piety civil master augustus-caesar natural-piety
Now a government is secure insofar as it has God for its foundation and His Will for its guide; but this, surely, is not a description of Liberal government. It is, in the Liberal view, the people who rule, and not God; God Himself is a "constitutional monarch" Whose authority has been totally delegated to the people, and Whose function is entirely ceremonial. The Liberal believes in God with the same rhetorical fervor with which he believes in Heaven. The government erected upon such a faith is very little different, in principle, from a government erected upon total disbelief, and whatever its present residue of stability, it is clearly pointed in the direction of Anarchy.
Seraphim RoseTag: monarchy holy-russia seraphim-rose
The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the sport of the children of Hellas, and may they continue to be so. For Anarchy is a thing without order; and the Rule of Many is factious, and thus anarchical, and thus disorderly. For both these tend to the same thing, namely disorder; and this to dissolution, for disorder is the first step to dissolution. But Monarchy is what we hold in honor.
Gregory of NyssaAn error in the doctrine of God will have inevitable consequences in the sphere of action, of moral behaviour, of the polity of the Church, and of basic culture and social organization. A change in the doctrine of the Trinity in either of these directions cannot help but have political consequences.
Farrell, commenting on Nazianzen's connection between Trinity and Holy Monarchy
Tag: monarchy church-fathers
Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways.
Franny BillingsleyTag: humor monarchy executions
For a group of people who claimed to be concerned for her safety, they did seem to have developed rather a habit of encouraging uprisings against monarchs.
Kristin CashoreTag: monarchy
I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.
Johann HariTag: patriotism monarchy republicanism united-kingdom monarchy-of-the-uk
The US head of state grew up on food stamps. The British head of state grew up on the postage stamps.
Johann HariTag: united-states barack-obama britain monarchy republicanism elizabeth-ii united-kingdom monarchy-of-the-uk postage-stamps
No debe de tener a nadie de confianza el rey Juan Carlos si nadie se atreve a decirle que no se puede uno sentar delante de una cámara y desearle felices fiestas a un país entero, porque una fiesta que no es feliz, no es una fiesta.
Chus FernándezCe témoignage relate les pérégrinations d’un jeune Afghan à travers beaucoup de pays et plusieurs continents.
A une époque où prendre l’avion était en soi une charmante aventure. Et où le commun des mortels en Occident avait quelque peine à localiser l’obsolète royaume afghan sur une mappemonde.
Il couvre une période allant de 1930 à 1965 environ, révélant au passage la face cachée des monarchies théocratiques et leur cohorte d’arbitraires et d’injustices.
Tag: monarchy afghanistan traveling thirties history-politics
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