During the break, I was watching some reruns of Home Improvement, that great Tim Allen vehicle of the 1990s. In S5E6, "Let Them Eat Cake," Brad, one of the Taylor boys, throws an unauthorized Halloween party at the house while mom and dad aren't home. Wilson, the...
E.J. Hutchinson
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 everyone be subject to his own magistracy.”((The word magistratus can mean both “magistracy” (the...
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (5)
On the necessity of civil ordinances, such as laws, contracts, and courts.
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (4)
On respect for magistrates.
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (3)
Melanchthon on Romans 13 and Plato’s Republic.
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (2)
More from Melanchthon on Romans 13.
Melanchthon on Romans 13 (1)
The first in a series on Melanchthon on Romans 13.
Happy Thanksgiving: Melanchthon on Gratitude
An excerpt from Philip Melanchthon’s “Summary of Moral Philosophy” on being thankful.
Whence St. Augustine’s “Restless Heart”?
Have you ever wondered about St. Augustine’s “restless heart”?
The “East Wind” in Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer
On Binx Bolling and the Red Sea.