Author Topic: The Americans Creed (Read 426 times)

jlamos · « **on:** August 17, 2012, 05:06:42 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American's_Creed

"I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.

"I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies."

The Social Kingship of Jesus Christ being one of those enemies.

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2012, 11:44:11 PM »

Quote from: jlamos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American's_Creed

"I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.

"I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies."

The Social Kingship of Jesus Christ being one of those enemies.

Curiously, according to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, any American who
sincerely believes that an injustice is in progress, he has the right to speak out
against it, even if it means speaking out against one of the laws, if he believes
the law is unjust. Such is the case with "legalized" abortion. So, we who believe
that Christ the King is being treated as an enemy of the state, we have the duty
to protest against it, and to petition our government for a redress of grievance.

This is one of the topics in next week's Catholic Restoration Conference in
Washington DC. :

GOALS NUMBER…

1 To unite all Catholics and other men of good will around the Church’s teaching in the temporal order regarding politics and economics.

2 To demonstrate that lay Catholics who disagree on purely theological/canonical matters can nevertheless unite productively in terms of presenting a united, Catholic front in pushing the Church’s teaching on politics and economics into the public eye, and in putting it into practice.

Actually, it's a sad statement of our age that Catholics have to agree that even
though they "disagree on purely theological/canonical matters" they can still be
productive in the secular sphere. In ages past, Catholics had a much more united
hierarchy teaching what the Church teaches, unlike today! This makes the layman's
task more challenging.

jlamos · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2012, 03:00:26 PM »

Quote from: Neil Obstat

Curiously, according to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, any American who
sincerely believes that an injustice is in progress, he has the right to speak out
against it, even if it means speaking out against one of the laws, if he believes
the law is unjust. Such is the case with "legalized" abortion. So, we who believe
that Christ the King is being treated as an enemy of the state, we have the duty
to protest against it, and to petition our government for a redress of grievance.

We can speak out against injustice all we want to. It changes nothing. Abortion is still legal. If merely speaking out against injustice accomplished anything the French revolution, the protestantization of England, the rapid spread of modernism, and Vatican II would not have happened.

It is not enough to speak out. We must do something.