The Spirits of '76: A Catholic InquiryChristendom Publications, 1983 - 182 Seiten Historian Donald D'Elia offers one of the most original sets of essays ever penned on the seven greatest founding fathers looking at the development of their philosophical and religious convictions. The essays include: "The Relevance of Thomas Jefferson," "Benjamin Rush: A Christian Revolutionary," "John Adams: Revolutionary as Manichaean," "Charles Carroll of Carrollton: A Catholic Revolutionary," "George Washington: The Founder as Stoic," "Alexander Hamilton: From Caesar to Christ," and "Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Religion." |
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... principles which they were too invincibly ignorant to recognize , saw the conspiratorial design of the Sugar , Stamp ... principle of " no taxation without representation , " urged against the Stamp Act by James Otis , Patrick Henry ...
... principles which they were too invincibly ignorant to recognize , saw the conspiratorial design of the Sugar , Stamp ... principle of " no taxation without representation , " urged against the Stamp Act by James Otis , Patrick Henry ...
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... principle of subsidiarity . Society , he failed to see , exists only in and for its members . It has no higher unity ... principle of subsidiarity teaches , must be free to use his faculties , to act on his own initiative , employing his ...
... principle of subsidiarity . Society , he failed to see , exists only in and for its members . It has no higher unity ... principle of subsidiarity teaches , must be free to use his faculties , to act on his own initiative , employing his ...
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... principle of subsidiarity wherever it could be found , but especially in the Constitution where the rights of persons and states were protected against the encroachment of the central government . Exploiting , again , his special ...
... principle of subsidiarity wherever it could be found , but especially in the Constitution where the rights of persons and states were protected against the encroachment of the central government . Exploiting , again , his special ...
Inhalt
Preface | 7 |
A Christian Revolutionary? | 24 |
Catholic Revolutionary | 55 |
Urheberrecht | |
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