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Against the Separationists

Against the Separationists

Br. Anthony Maria Akerman O.P. on the impossibility of a natural law regime, and the necessity of the divine law for the temporal power.

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May 17, 2023
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Many Catholics, seeking to avoid the labels of both “liberalism” and “integralism,” attempt to split the difference by describing the State as a kind of “natural law regime.” In this imagined via media, they see themselves set apart from true liberals, for whom even appealing to the “natural law” is excessively partisan; and at the same time, set apart …

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