Why Is The Right Of Resistance Important?
A summary of the doctrine of the Right of Political Resistance, with four reasons for its importance. Plus, a little about the life of John Chrysostom and his early church contribution to this important doctrine.
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| 00:00 | start |
| 00:32 | episode description |
| 00:52 | What is the doctrine of the Right of Political Resistance? See episode 2: https://reformedlibertarians.com/002 |
| 01:11 | Summary of the doctrine No obligation to submit to tyranny since it is not God’s ordinance |
| 02:03 | taught in the Reformed confessions |
| 05:05 | Reformed Political Resistance Theology annotated bibliography https://tinyurl.com/RefoPoliResistBib |
| 05:17 | One reason this doctrine is important: the Right of Resistance is a non-indifferent ethical matter addressed in Scripture and church’s subordinate doctrinal standards |
| 06:47 | A second reason this doctrine is important: the Right of Resistance is required to be taught, and contradicting it is subject to discipline |
| 08:55 | A third reason this doctrine is important: decisions related to one’s view of the Right of Resistance are frequently encountered |
| 10:12 | feeding the poor without govt approval https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/05/fort-lauderdale-pastors-arnold-abbott-arrested-feeding-homelessbuying govt-unapproved necessities https://www.aier.org/article/how-government-created-the- baby-formula-shortage/ sheltering the homeless without govt approval |
| 10:45 | obsta principiis / resist at the beginning https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2018/09/27/obsta-principiis-nip-the-shoots-of-arbitrary-power-in-the-bud/ |
| 11:59 | of course, there are prudential considerations in strategic defense |
| 12:50 | A fourth reason this doctrine is important: teaching the Right of Resistance is a matter of the church’s faithful witness to the truth of Scripture as God’s Word |
| 15:55 | there is a great need for greater familiarity with this doctrine in Reformed churches today |
| 16:52 | John Chrysostom’s historical context https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Later_Roman_Empire#Towards_Christianization |
| 19:55 | John Chrysostom’s biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom |
| 22:02 | Chrysostom’s 23rd Homily on Romans 13 Paul is addressing God’s prescriptive ordination of an office of administering civil justice, not addressing providence or requiring submission to whoever wields power https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf111.vii.xxv.html |
