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To: Matchett-PI
An aristocratic form of church government tends toward monarchy in civil affairs, while a republican form of church government tends toward democracy in civil affairs.

This must be why Catholic Switzerland was a republic long before the reformation, eh? And why the barons of a Catholic England wrote the Magna Carta?

The idea that church government should be selected based on what sort of civil polity we want is worse than backwards; it is absurd. Jesus and the Apostles established a church government: you can see it clearly in the Pastoral Epistles and in the writings of the early Fathers. It's not ours to amend, throw away, or modify.

Oh, BTW: heaven is a monarchy, not a "republic" or a "democracy". Was yesterday, is today, will be tomorrow. Get used to it!

76 posted on 03/28/2002 7:21:13 AM PST by Campion
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To: Campion
And why the barons of a Catholic England wrote the Magna Carta?

Almost certainly drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, btw.

77 posted on 03/28/2002 7:28:12 AM PST by Romulus
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