Christianity and the Modern Forms of State

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1/ Many people would doubt whether Xty had anything to do with forms of State.

2/ The Jewish inheritance makes that clear. The way
Jewry: related to society; In every minute detail.

3/ Jesus did not doubt this: it was self evident to him. But his vision of human society unique. Personal relationships of human individuals. SOCIETY CONSISTING OF INDIVIDUALS.

4/ Two correlated terms: individual and mankind.
CHRISTIAN individualism.

5/ a/ personal unmediated direct, a personal response to a personal demand”.

b/ universal, encompassing the whole of mankind .

6/ Communion of persons. The “Good Samaritan”.

a/ material sharing (Jewish)
b/ permanent, continuous

THIS MAKES COMMUNION outside society impossible.

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8/ What about the Crusades? The Puritans? The Calvinist? The Roman Church? The Pilgrim Fathers?
The greatast ralsm established by Christians, orthodox or heretic.

9/ The present work crisis; Modern forms of state while 500 millions have changed their social form COMPLETELY
The relationship between politics and economics has changed in one way or another.

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KPA: 08/02