Comments for The American Credo at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Thu, 23 May 2013 04:34:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-american-credo.html#comment-2240 The natural law requires an authoritative, public, political institution to preserve it in the social an cultural fabric, and it needs a spiritual guide, also publicly and politically authoritative, to interpret it accurately and to serve as the ultimate authority for its political employment. America has never had these, of course. How can the natural law play a publicly authoritative role in politics if the Catholic Church, its infallible custodian and guide, is relegated to a "denomination"? - Thaddeus Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:19:21 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/the-american-credo.html#comment-2239 And so, what happened? The concept of "Natural Law" and "First Principles" seems to have been considerably eroded. We seem to have, instead, judicial fiat, legislative inertia and an exective branch that has assumed the arrogance of power. Although we hear of human rights, they are rights based on the freedom to engage in evil. There are no longer self-evident truths, only truths proclaimed by the governing elite for the good of the masses. I hear no longer Jefferson but Jean- Jacques Rousseau. - Willie Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:39:20 +0100