Ep 6: Why Is The Right Of Resistance Important?

December 15, 2022
Reformed Libertarians Podcast

Why Is The Right Of Resistance Important?

A summary of the doctrine of the Right of Political Resistance, with four reasons for its importance. Plus, a little about the life of John Chrysostom and his early church contribution to this important doctrine.

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Main Points of Discussion

00:00	Intro
00:32	Episode description
00:52	What is the doctrine of the Right of Political Resistance? See episode 2
01:11	Summary of the doctrine No obligation to submit to tyranny since it is not God’s ordinance
02:03	taught in the Reformed confessions
05:05	Reformed Political Resistance Theology annotated bibliography
05:17	One reason this doctrine is important: the Right of Resistance is a non-indifferent ethical matter addressed in Scripture and church’s subordinate doctrinal standards
06:47	A second reason this doctrine is important: the Right of Resistance is required to be taught, and contradicting it is subject to discipline
08:55	A third reason this doctrine is important: decisions related to one’s view of the Right of Resistance are frequently encountered
10:12	feeding the poor without govt approval buying govt-unapproved necessities sheltering the homeless without govt approval See LCI Podcast Episode 302
10:45	obsta principiis / resist at the beginning
11:59	Of course, there are prudential considerations in strategic defense
12:50	A fourth reason this doctrine is important: teaching the Right of Resistance is a matter of the church’s faithful witness to the truth of Scripture as God’s Word
15:55	there is a great need for greater familiarity with this doctrine in Reformed churches today
16:52	John Chrysostom’s historical context
19:55	John Chrysostom’s biography
22:02	Chrysostom’s 23rd Homily on Romans 13 Paul is addressing God’s prescriptive ordination of an office of administering civil justice, not addressing providence or requiring submission to whoever wields power

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