God builds lasting Christian kingdoms and all is dependent upon the Temporal Power of the Vicar of Christ. A decrease in this proceeds a decline in Christendom. Christ’s Church is God’s kingdom on Earth.
It's interesting to compare the Arthurian legends with Locke's theory of the social contract. In some ways, they could hardly be further apart. One is quintessentially medieval, the other is the touchstone of modern liberalism. And yet promise keeping is central to both. The modern liberal state, in the Lockean perspective, is based on people making and keeping promises. Of course, the liberal social contract is in a sense as fictional as the court of King Arthur. Yet people seem to believe in it, as people once seem to have believed the Arthurian legends. And the social contracts of feudalism, connecting vassal to suzerain in a pyramid of loyalty that gave unity to kingdoms, were more real then the social contract of liberalism, being based on actual promises in ceremonies of homage. https://lancelotfinn.substack.com/p/the-age-of-chivalry
https://ia600206.us.archive.org/29/items/TheTemporalPowerOfTheVicarOfJesus/TheTemporalPowerOfTheVicarOfJesus.pdf
God builds lasting Christian kingdoms and all is dependent upon the Temporal Power of the Vicar of Christ. A decrease in this proceeds a decline in Christendom. Christ’s Church is God’s kingdom on Earth.
It's interesting to compare the Arthurian legends with Locke's theory of the social contract. In some ways, they could hardly be further apart. One is quintessentially medieval, the other is the touchstone of modern liberalism. And yet promise keeping is central to both. The modern liberal state, in the Lockean perspective, is based on people making and keeping promises. Of course, the liberal social contract is in a sense as fictional as the court of King Arthur. Yet people seem to believe in it, as people once seem to have believed the Arthurian legends. And the social contracts of feudalism, connecting vassal to suzerain in a pyramid of loyalty that gave unity to kingdoms, were more real then the social contract of liberalism, being based on actual promises in ceremonies of homage. https://lancelotfinn.substack.com/p/the-age-of-chivalry
Mr. Guild, post more about King Alfred NOW!!!