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The Philosophy of Right - Volume 4
Rights in God's Church
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SECTION ONE - The Right Of Seigniory In Theocratic Society
The supreme being is the only Lord |
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| The fullness and absoluteness of divine seigniory |
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| There is only one servitude |
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| The servitude due to God is full and absolute |
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| The nature of divine seigniory |
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Divine de facto dominion over mankind |
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Divine de iure dominion over mankind |
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God is truth: the first title to the right of supreme dominion |
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God is the principle of being for creatures: the second title to the right of supreme dominion |
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God is holiness and bliss: the third title to the right of supreme dominion |
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In God the three supreme categorical formulae of morality become three separate titles of supreme dominion |
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| How divine dominion possesses the nature of right |
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| Three marks of divine seigniory over human beings |
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Divine seigniory is reasonable |
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Divine seigniory is natural |
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Divine seigniory benefits the servants, not the lord |
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| Divine seigniory is inalienable |
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| Servitude towards God demands three acts: morality, worship and obedience |
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| Three acts of dominion exercised by God towards his creatures |
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| The ministers of God's dominion over human beings |
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| The dominion of Christ |
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Christ is of himself supreme Lord |
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Christ is also servant of God |
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Christ is also Lord through seigniory received over other human beings |
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Christ is also God's minister for the salvation of the world |
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Christ is also judge of the world, and head of the Church |
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SECTION TWO - Governmental Right In Theocratic Society
| The nature of theocratic society |
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The character of the natural society of mankind: the first trace of true theocracy |
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A society of mankind exists by nature |
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The threefold characteristic of natural theocratic society: unity, universality and justice |
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The society of mankind cannot be destroyed or replaced by any other society |
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Every other society is subordinate to the society of mankind |
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The universal society of mankind is the first nucleus of every other society; every other society must aim at perfecting and completing it |
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Universal society is bonded by universal love |
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The universal society of mankind is the design for theocratic society |
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The character of realised, fulfilled theocratic society, that is, of the Christian Church |
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Its notion |
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The different levels of perfection according to which theocratic society can be considered |
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The first level of theocratic society - human reason alone |
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The second level of theocratic society - revelation |
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The third level of theocratic society - grace |
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The fourth level of theocratic society: the incarnation, in which theocratic society reaches its perfection |
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Christ draws other human beings into perfect theocratic society |
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The possession that man can have of God consists in being possessed by God |
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The supreme dominion of God is identified with perfect theocratic society |
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Is the theocracy brought together by the Redeemer a society of action or a society of fruition? |
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A twofold theocratic society: of human beings with God, and between human beings |
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The first three marks of theocratic society: it is one, holy and catholic |
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The invisible and visible parts of theocratic society |
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The Church militant is a perfect society |
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The Church is different from every other society, including civil society |
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| Governmental right in perfect theocratic society |
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Governmental power de facto, and governmental power de jure, in the theocratic society founded by Christ |
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Governmental power in theocratic society is exercised in seven ways |
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Jesus Christ, after exercising governmental power, communicated it to the Apostles and their successors |
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A résumé of the notion of the Church of Jesus Christ- The earthly hierarchy |
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The fourth mark of the Church - apostolicity |
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The classification of rights in the Church: connatural and acquired rights |
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Connatural rights in the hierarchical Church of the Redeemer |
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Connatural rights of the Church in its relationship with all human beings |
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The right to existence |
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The right to recognition |
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The right to freedom |
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The right to propagation |
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The right to ownership |
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Sanctioning connatural rights in the Church |
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The rights of all human beings relative to the Church |
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The Church's connatural rights relative to its members |
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Rights |
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Sanctions |
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The Church's acquired rights |
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The source of acquired rights in the Church |
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The acquired rights of the Church |
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Two classes of church temporalities:
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It is natural, useful and fitting for the clergy to administer the goods owned by the community of the faithful and designated for pious works which benefit the community |
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The temporalities destined by Catholics for pious use are different from national goods |
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Sanctioning the acquired rights of the Church |
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SECTION THREE - Communal Right In Perfect Theocratic Society
| The classification and the nature of the rights common to all the faithful |
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| Rights concerning admission to the Church |
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The right of admission relative to the person desiring admission, and to the Church bestowing admission |
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Can a member abandon church society? |
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Can the Church separate members from the society? |
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| Rights proper to members of the faithful |
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The priesthood of the faithful, the source of their rights |
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How the simple faithful share in the seven powers left by Christ to his Church |
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The faithful's share in the constitutive power |
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The faithful's share in liturgical power |
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The faithful's share in eucharistic power |
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The faithful's share in the power to bind and loose, and in the healing power |
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The faithful's share in the hierogenetic power |
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The faithful's share in the teaching power |
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The faithful's share in the ordinative power |
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The influence of the faithful in the choice of persons for office in the Church |
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The faithful's influence over disciplinary legislation in the Church |
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The faithful's influence on church temporalities |
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The right of administration |
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The right to call in aid |
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| Accessory and occasional rights in Church society - Christianity |
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