Re: Priests as freedom fighters

On Mar 6, 2025, Steve Hayes wrote
(Message-ID:<[email protected]>):

> 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?

He banned places of worship such as mosques and churches. He did not ban 
worshipping gods.