Non declinavit ad dextram sive ad sinistram.
Katolički integralizam je tradicija misli koja odbacuje liberalno odvajanje politike od brige o svrsi ljudskoga života, držeći kako politička vlast treba usmjeriti čovjeka prema njegovoj konačnoj svrsi. Budući da, međutim, čovjek ima i vremenitu i vječnu svrhu, prema integralizmu postoje dvije moći koje njime vladaju: vremenita moć i duhovna moć. I budući da je čovjekova vremenita svrha podređena njegovoj vječnoj svrsi, vremenita moć treba biti podređena duhovnoj moći.
A katolikus integrizmus egy gondolati hagyomány, amely elutasítja a politika liberális elidegenítését az emberi élet célja felfogásától, azt állítva, hogy a politikai uralomnak vezetnie kell az embert az utolsó célja felé. De mivel az embernek mind világi, mind örök célja van, az integrizmus szerint kettő hatalom uralkodik fölötte – ugyanis egy világi hatalom és egy lelki hatalom. Sőt, mivel az ember világi célja az örök célja alá van rendelve, a világi hatalmat a lelki hatalom alá kell rendelni.
L’intégrisme catholique est une tradition de pensée qui insiste que le pouvoir politique doive guider l’homme à son but final, rejetant la séparation libérale entre la politique et le but de la vie humaine. Étant donné que l’homme a une fin éternelle aussi bien que temporelle, l’intégrisme affirme qu’il y a deux pouvoirs qui le gouvernent : un pouvoir temporel et un pouvoir éternel. Et comme la fin temporelle de l’homme est subordonnée à sa fin éternelle, il faut que le pouvoir temporel soit subordonné au pouvoir spirituel.
Der katholische Integralismus ist eine Denktradition, die die liberale Trennung der Politik von der Sorge um das Ziel des menschlichen Lebens ablehnt und festhält, dass politische Herrschaft den Menschen auf sein Endziel hinzuordnen hat. Da der Mensch jedoch sowohl ein zeitliches als auch ein ewiges Ziel hat, hält der Integralismus fest, dass es zwei Gewalten gibt, die ihn beherrschen: eine zeitliche Gewalt und eine geistliche Gewalt. Und da das zeitliche Ziel des Menschen seinem ewigen Ziel untergeordnet ist, muss die zeitliche Gewalt der geistlichen Gewalt untergeordnet sein.
El integrismo católico es una tradición de pensamiento que sostiene que el poder político debiera ordenar al hombre a su fin último, rechazando la separación liberal entre la política y la preocupación por el fin de la vida humana. Puesto que el hombre tiene tanto un fin temporal como uno eterno, el integrismo defiende que existen dos potestades que lo gobiernan: una temporal y una espiritual. Y ya que el fin temporal del hombre se encuentra subordinado al eterno, la potestad temporal ha de estar subordinada a la espiritual.
How ought we to think of our common life as human beings created in the image of God? Do our modern habits of thought prevent us from understanding what was going on in the Middle Ages? And more importantly: can the Middle Ages help us to escape the errors embedded in our common life today and thus open a path towards unfeigned peace? What is sovereignty? Is it necessary for peace? How do nature and grace relate, and what follows from that for the relation of temporal and spiritual power? Pater Edmund is joined by Alan Fimister and Andrew Willard Jones to discuss the later’s book Before Church and State.
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A freewheeling discussion in which our editors have a very TAC moment discussing the connection of the music of the spheres and the virtues, and then set out to discuss Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, but somehow talk more about Plato. Important topics are covered such as, how much virtue does it take to refrain from throwing a baby from an upper-story window? Is there any sense in which Bertrand Russell has virtue? All this, and so much more!
The editors had so much fun that the time slipped by without even getting to the supernatural virtues or the post-enlightenment revolt against virtue.
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by Scott Hahn
The following is an excerpt from Scott Hahn’s new book The First Society. Posted here with the kind permission of the author.
The Western world has spent much of the last few centuries trying to find or form a replacement for the unifying catholicity of the Catholic Church. But the project has always been doomed to failure. No purely human idea or institution can replace the sacramental solidarity of the Church. Continue reading “Politics and the Church”
That Christ died for our sins is at the heart of of the Christian faith: “For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3). But what does it mean that He died for our sins? How did Christ’s death save and redeem us? Prof. Michael Waldstein and Professor Timothy Kelly join the editors to contemplate the mysteries of salvation.
The theme of today’s episode is closely linked to our project at The Josias, as we write in our About page, “A truly Catholic account of politics cannot be understood except with reference to the whole perennial wisdom of practical and speculative philosophy, and to the integral tradition of Sacred Theology.” Today we contemplate the “vertiginous heights” of Sacred Theology.
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