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::I think Medieval Christians deserve the credit, not the "Moderns":
::I think Medieval Christians deserve the credit, not the "Moderns":
:::"Christian doctrine fomented the transformation of political ideas and practices to the gradual evolution of a constitutionalism of medieval provenance. As the eminent Carlyle brothers abundantly documented in their monumental ''History of Political Theory in the West'', this Christian tradition of law and government maintained that the immediate source of political authority is the community; that law and authority are both purposively ordained to the advantage of the governed conceived as justice and commonweal; that the contractual relation between ruler and ruled is reciprocally binding and its conditions mutually inviolable; and that the supremacy of law rests juridically, as Hincmar of Rheims [806 A.D.–882 A.D.] pointed out, upon the consent of the governed."
:::"Christian doctrine fomented the transformation of political ideas and practices to the gradual evolution of a constitutionalism of medieval provenance. As the eminent Carlyle brothers abundantly documented in their monumental ''History of Political Theory in the West'', this Christian tradition of law and government maintained that the immediate source of political authority is the community; that law and authority are both purposively ordained to the advantage of the governed conceived as justice and commonweal; that the contractual relation between ruler and ruled is reciprocally binding and its conditions mutually inviolable; and that the supremacy of law rests juridically, as Hincmar of Rheims [806 A.D.–882 A.D.] pointed out, upon the consent of the governed."<ref>Costanzo, Joseph F. (1964). [https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/common-misconceptions/the-religious-heritage-of-american-democracy.html "The religious heritage of American democracy".] Chap. 1 in ''This Nation Under God: Church, State and Schools in America''. Catholic Education Resource Center website/en/controversy/common misconceptions. (New York: Herder and Herder), pp. 24-48.</ref>
::[[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 11:15, 16 July 2019 (EDT)
::[[User:VargasMilan|VargasMilan]] ([[User talk:VargasMilan|talk]]) Tuesday, 11:15, 16 July 2019 (EDT)