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 |
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 |