0:00 GLB Reading From Francis Schaeffer Cont. From Part 1 – Non-Christians Cannot Account For Science…& Must Borrow From The Christian’s Philosophical Worldview To Do It Successfully; Yet, They’ll Not Admit This, For They Suppress The Truth In Unrighteousness (Rom CH1)
1:02 Francis Bacon & His Quote From NOVUM ORGANUM 1620…Science Based On The Christian WV
1:45 Sir Isaac Newton & Other Christian WV Scientists…Blaise Pascal, Rene Descartes, Royal Society For The Improving Of Natural Knowledge
3:01 REFORMATION In The Sociopolitical Realm…In The Breakdown Of The Roman Catholic Church & Political Stranglehold Of Rome, Protestantism Brought About Freedom The Likes Of Which We See Today In The Western World
3:49 A Return To Biblical Christianity Formed A Unique Ethical Consensus & Framework (Though Not Perfect) That Prevented Tyranny On One Hand & Anarchy On The Other
5:35 The Puritans’ Understanding That The State & Church Must Submit To GOD’s Authority…THE WORD OF GOD MUST BE THE FOUNDATION FOR FREEDOM…The Results Of THE REFORMATION Is Perhaps Most Dramatically Seen In The Kind Of Political Reform Efforts That Rise Out Of It
7:15 …Not Claiming That Everything That’s Connected With Reformed Christianity, In Terms Of Sociopolitical Reform Was Pure & Correct…IT’S THE BIBLE THAT GIVES A BASE FOR LAW
8:58 Painting By Paul Roberts, JUSTICE LIFTS THE NATIONS
9:18 Alexandre Vinet Quote: “Christianity Is The Immortal Seed Of Freedom Of The World.”
9:51 Constitutionalism vs. Absolutism…What Happens If You Take Your Political View & Separate It From Scripture Is That You Finally Have Order In The State Only By Having Absolutism…The REFORMERS Exclaimed That All Princes Are Subject To GOD’s LAW & They Must Rule In A Constitutional Fashion
11:15 THE KING IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW!
12:00 FREEDOM UNDER THE LAW OF GOD…You Can’t Found Freedom In Freedom Itself
13:08 THE CONSTITUTION OF APPEAL & THE PURITAN REVOLUTION:
13:58 King Henry The Eighth vs. The Authority Of Rome (Power vs. Power With No Higher Appeal)
15:18 1600s King Charles (Sympathizes With Rome & Episcopalian Government) Appoints William Laud As Archbishop…People In England Oppressed By The Star Chamber & The High Commission Of The Church…Puritans Are Hated By Laud…Turd Quote Of Hatred
15:55 Persecuted Puritans Flee & Resulted In The Beginning Of America
16:32 The Tyranny Of King Charles…Scotland Opposes Him…Jenny Geddes Throws Stool
17:36 SCOTLAND GOES TO WAR…However, Ironically, They End Up Allies With King Charles In A Few Years…Here’s How:…The Short & Long Parliament…Civil War…Charles Flees
19:25 In The Absence Of A King, A Commission For Reform Of The Church Was Put Forth By The Puritan Parliament, Which Resulted In The Westminster Assembly & Eventually The Westminster Confession
19:56 The Puritans Are Not Doing Well In The War…Enter, Oliver Cromwell & Solemn League & Covenant With Scotland (Required Presbyterianism Be The United Kingdom’s Government Of The Church)
21:01 Charles Seizes Opportunity Afforded By The Trouble Between Presbyterians & Independents Within Puritan Party…Goes To The Scots & Forms An Alliance…Then Goes To War Against Cromwell & Is Slaughtered
21:41 Cromwell Doesn’t Have A Great Deal Of Sympathy For The Presbyterians Who Would Enter Some Kind Of League With Their Former King. Cromwell Therefore Established A Protectorate In England, With Himself As The Sole Protector For Life & Succession Is Hereditary
22:05 THE REPLACEMENT OF ONE ULTIMATE TYRANNY WITH ANOTHER ULTIMATE TYRANNY!
22:51 WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH CHARLES?
24:04 Who’s Waiting In The Wings To Takeover England?…Charles II The Prince Of Wales…Thomas “Leviathan” Hobbes (Political Philosophy Is That Religious Dissent Should Be Violently Put Down)…1662, Charles II Passes THE ACT OF UNIFORMITY
25:46 WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PURITAN REVOLUTION & THE FRENCH REVOLUTION?…The Puritans Were Appealing To A Higher Law That Permitted Them To Judge The King; &, In France A Higher Law Was Totally Discarded
26:15 The Principles Of Puritan Political Theory Come To Expression In New England
26:38 GLB Highlights Some Of Francis Schaeffer’s Remarks On THE REFOMATION…Scottish Presbyterian Minister Samuel Rutherford’s Book, LEX REX (The Law Is King)…Influential Of The Writing Of The US CONSTITUTION Via The Scottish-American Presbyterian Minister John Witherspoon
27:14 John Locke’s Idea With Respect To Civil Government Was But A Secularization Of The Presbyterian Tradition…Problems With Locke’s Philosophy
28:38 DEMOCRACY & DESPOTISM…GLB Reiterates How A Return To Biblical Christianity Will Form A Unique Ethical Consensus & Framework (Though Not Perfect) That Prevents Tyranny On One Hand & Anarchy On The Other
29:45 SUMMARY
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