Questions tagged [civil-government]
For questions about the government's authority, how Christians should interact with secular governments, the relationship between Church and state, and the relationship between Christianity and secular laws.
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Was there an economic reason for Protestants' iconoclasm?
Europe underwent major economic upheavals during the creation of Protestantism (cf. E. Michael Jones, Barren Metal or Goy Guide to World History). Is this one reason why Protestants upheld iconoclasm? ...
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According to Catholics, is it lawful for a president's security team to search and frisk their church leaders?
A Catholic Diocese in a certain locality in my country invited the president to oversee the ordination of a certain episcopal rank, I was shocked to see the security team of the president lining up ...
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Was Margaret McBride exonerated for the abortion? Or forgiven? Or what?
Not sure I understand what's going on here Excommunication of Margaret McBride. It says
McBride was an administrator and member of the ethics committee at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, ...
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Is money a consequence of Original Sin?
Kinsella, The Wife Desired p. 77 claims:
It has been stated that money is the root of all evil. [1 Tim. 6:10: "the desire of money is the root of all evils"; cf. Summa Theologica I-II q. 84 ...
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Is a Catholic who belongs to a political party that supports sins in its party platform excommunicated?
Is a Catholic who belongs to a political party that supports sins in its party platform excommunicated?
Before Vatican II, a Catholic belonging to the Communist Party (or any other association ...
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According to sedeprivationism, does a material pope have temporal authority?
According to sedeprivationism, does a material pope (papa materialiter) have temporal authority?
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Did ancient Roman Christians celebrate any Roman national holidays?
Did ancient Roman Christians celebrate any Roman national holidays? Or were all their national holidays festivities which honored pagan gods?
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For Evangelical/Fundamentalist Protestants, what is the motivation for supporting morality-based legislation?
Just to be clear, I'm only referring to activities that are victimless, or at least harm nobody except for those who willingly participate. If I understand Calvinist (TULIP) theology correctly, ...
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Can priests be on capital punishment juries?
Can priests be on capital punishment juries, or is this interdicted as an irregularity by canon law?
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Is moonlighting an offense against Ten Commandments?
Government employees of many countries are prohibited by the respective conduct rules, from taking up any employment of monetary gain, on the assumption that they are 24x7 for the Government. From the ...
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How can Romans 13 be reconciled with authorities who could act unjustly?
In Romans 13:3, the scriptures state that the authorities hold no terror for those who do right. Considering all the martyrs who have been persecuted for doing right, then how can this scripture be ...
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Why do the Gospel accounts not specify what crimes the two men crucified next to Jesus were guilty of?
Matthew 27:38 and Mark 15:27 say “two robbers” were crucified with Jesus. Luke 23:32 says “two criminals” were crucified with Jesus. John 19:18 says only that “two others” were crucified with him.
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Is there a way of working out approximately how much money Zacchaeus would have given away and given back as restitution?
Luke 19:1-10 relates Zacchaeus’s transformative encounter with Jesus, which had the chief tax collector almost instantly promising to give half of his possessions to the poor, and paying back four-...
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What, historically, was the stance of the Catholic Church about the duty to obey non-Christian governments?
My understanding of history is that:
During the times of the early Roman Empire the stance of the persecuted Christians was that they recognize the authority of the State and the Emperor and obey ...
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Which of the Ten Commandments becomes a subject of aberration if a Christian evades Income Tax?
In many countries like India, Return of Income Tax due to the Government from the citizens are filed online on the dedicated Tax Portal . Each citizen is required to disclose the income he earned in ...