Calvinism - pagina 143

CALVINISM AND POLITICS.

Of an

entirely

nature,

different

the last question, to which

of the government,

I

1

39

on the contrary,

is

referred,

namely the duty

regards the sovereignty of the

as

individual person.

second part of

the

In

indicated

sphere of

individual

Here

circle.

social

to

developed

the

that

bond between

that,

life,

do not

I

which

lecture

man

I

also

have already possesses

with sovereignty in his

refer to the family, for this

several individuals.

I

ein

Souverain,

is."

I)

own is

thus expressed by Prof. Weitbrecht

is

a

:

ein Konig,

der iiber jede Verantwortung erhaben

man stands a king in his conscience, a his own person, exempt from all responsi-

('•^Every

sovereign in bility.")

way

an

have reference

doch vermoge seines Gewissens jeder

"1st

Or

which Held has formulated

that,

in this

"In gewisser Beziehung wird jeder Mensch supremus

:

Souverain

oder

denn jeder Mensch

sein,

Sphare haben, und hat der Oberste

life

sie

audi wirklich,

muss

in

eine

welcher er

some respect every man is a everybody must have and has, a sphere

ist."

sovereign, for

of

this

(In

2)

which he has no one above him,

of his own, in

but

God

the

importance of conscience, for whosoever wishes to

liberate

alone.)

conscience,

concerned,

This

1)

opponent,

however does not prevent

in

man

Weitbrecht,

my

His not

Word an

as

sense

this

— that

conscience

but always and ever to

IVoher Jind IVohin.

2) Held, Verfassuugsysteni

I

p.

234.

are ally.

maintaining the

of conscience, as the palladium of

liberty,

subject to

this to over-estimate

where God and

meet as an

I

sovereignty sonal

do not point to

I

all

is

per-

never

God Almighty.

Stuttgart 1S77 p.

103.

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