by Editor | Nov 28, 2022 | Civil Law
Co-operation of Church and State – Part I In American Legislation by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Secularist leaders in growing numbers are telling the people that America needs an “entire separation of Church and State.” [1] Organizations like the American Humanist...
by Editor | Apr 29, 2022 | Books, Christ to Catholicism, Civil Law
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY XIV. Catholic Estimate of Church and State in America by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. One final and practical consideration on Church and State relations in America still has to be made. If the attitude of the civil...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2022 | Christ to Catholicism, Civil Law, Ecclesiology, Politics
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY XIII. Cooperation of Church and State in the United States by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The end-point of our study of the Church is her relation to the State in our own country, viewed in the light of the principles...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2019 | Capital Punishment, Church Fathers, Civil Law, Scripture, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.JDated Nov. 19, 1995 It is remarkable what appeals to kindness and charity are made to repeal capital punishment. Two thousand years of the Church’s defense of capital punishment are brushed aside. Arguments are used to “prove” that capital...