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Open Doors or Moral Example? The Forgotten Protestant Argument Against Intervention and Mass Immigration
In the reactionary aftermath of the great liberal revolutions that rocked Europe in 1848–49, liberal heroes, or heroes who were at least perceived to…

“Home Improvement” and Horace
During the break, I was watching some reruns of Home Improvement, that great Tim Allen vehicle of the 1990s. In S5E6, “Let Them Eat…

Melanchthon on Romans 13 (6)
Here is Melanchthon on Romans 13 from the Dispositio orationis in Epistolam Pauli ad Romanos with the next two paragraphs added. Translation Romans 13 Proposition: “Let…

Special Festive Edition: Where the New Religious Right (Badly) Misunderstands Constantine
'Tis the season for an airing of intellectual grievances!

Melanchthon on Romans 13 (5)
On the necessity of civil ordinances, such as laws, contracts, and courts.