tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post1533920469805637947..comments2024-02-26T19:22:15.069-06:00Comments on Lex Christianorum: Natural Law of Marriage: Arcanum divinae sapientiaAndrew M. Greenwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242573723573203387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-36098036185259361862011-02-08T11:44:04.273-06:002011-02-08T11:44:04.273-06:00The word "West" is highly vague. I agre...The word "West" is highly vague. I agree. I agree we do not live in a "traditional Western" culture. In institutional and social form, that culture has long disappeared. <br /><br />I'm reading Nelson's work right now. Started reading it this morning. I had always noticed how the commonwealthmen and Puritans relied on the Old Testament as if in seeming disregard of Christ's supervening revelation, as if we were still under an aera sub lege. Even those who believed in monarchy (e.g., Filmer) seemed to rely heavily on the Old Testament as if they were proof texts. Nelson helps explain why this was. <br /><br />I have not gotten to some of the other issues (egalitarianism and tolerance), but in the area of anti-monarchism, I think Nelson is spot on. It makes sense that, in trying to implement the Old Testatment that Protestant Christians should have turned to Jewish commentators. <br /><br />Thanks for the recommendation.Andrew M. Greenwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242573723573203387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-31966760212946261802011-02-08T10:25:12.552-06:002011-02-08T10:25:12.552-06:00You can thank Spinoza and the Anabaptists for this...You can thank Spinoza and the Anabaptists for this "Separation of Church and State". That the State has the power over all things is Spinozist, see Schawartz, Joel (1985) "Liberalism and the Jewish Connection: A Study of Spinoza and the Young Marx", Political Theory, Vol. 13, No. 1. pp. 58-84. (Online and free download).<br /><br />Next, is the statement that "The West is returning to its vomit". We don't live in the "West". The Renaissance and the Enlightenment changed all that. The full title of Eric Nelson's book <i>The Hebrew Republic</i> continues this way <i>Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political Thought</i>. If Jewish sources transformed our politics, did it not transform our culture as well? He uses the term "Modern West". "Modern West" is Marxist West. We don't live in the West. Read Jonathan Israel's <i>Radical Enlightenment</i> and <i>Enlightenment Contested</i>. This was all born out of the Kabbalah mixed with Hermes Trimesgestes and Jewish Instigation of the Protestant movements across Europe! Don't blame the West! Read, <i>Jewish Influence On Christian Reform Movements</i> BY LOUIS ISRAEL NEWMAN, PH.D. It starts with St. Jerome. Jewish influence is everywhere in the West. They changed Western Culture and Civilization. We no longer live in the "West". It was Karl Marx that called for the destruction of the family unit---not a European. Spinoza, Marx and the Kabbalah! <br /><br />We live in the Modern West, in the modified West, in the transformed West. Blame that culture, not traditional Western Culture.W Lindsay Wheelernoreply@blogger.com