Re: Priests as freedom fighters

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:31:12 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Steve Hayes, <news:[email protected]>
>> On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 20:51:00 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <[email protected]>
>
>>> | Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is
>>> | no authority except that which God has established. The authorities
>>> | that exist have been established by God. (Romans 13)
>>>
>>> Those "priests as freedom fighters" are heretics.
>>>
>>> Any authority is a good from God, it's established by God.
>>
>> Indeed, but when it is corrupt, its corruption is not from God.
>
>It's sinful to think one can know God's will/plan in full.
>
>Holy Scripture says clearly any authority is established by
>God, whereas a Christian's duty is to submit to authorities 
>rather than "fight" against what he or she may dislike.

St Peter and St John seem to disagree with you:

Act 4:19-29 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether
it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto
God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen
and heard. 

Act 5:28-29 -  Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should
not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with
your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then
Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God
rather than men. 

And also, though St Paul said this:

Rom 13:1-2 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For
there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of
God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 

he also said this:

Eph 6:11-12 -  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places. 

The word "powers" (Greek=exousias) is perhaps better rendered into
English as "authorities". 




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