Re: Priests as freedom fighters

On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:54:12 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Steve Hayes, <news:[email protected]>
>> On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:31:12 +0300, "Oleg Smirnov" <[email protected]>
>
>>>>> 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.
>
>Here "men" is generic, while "authorities" is more specific,
>and since an authority is a gift from God, obendience to God
>implies obendience to what is established by God.

When Enver Hoxha was the ruler of Albania he gave a similar order.
Some did not obey it and continued to worship God. Were they thereby
wrongly disobeying what God had established?



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