WOF 447: The Crossroads of Religion & Politics—Part 2
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
Brandon Vogt
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🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We bring to you the second part of Bishop Barron’s discussion with Dr. Tod Worner on the way a Catholic, and indeed all Christians, should approach the crossroads of Religion and politics.
Enjoy!
00:00 | Intro
00:26 | The relationship between morality, religion, and democracy
04:03 | The public nature of Christianity
06:04 | Is vitriol built into democratic politics?
09:34 | Argument over quarrel
14:32 | What is "the herd" doing today and how should Catholics respond?
15:57 | Life without transcendence
19:00 | The role of mediating institutions
22:07 | Catholic social teaching on wealth and power
23:50 | Remembering humanity's fallenness
26:06 | Principles for voting faithfully
27:28 | Is democracy worth retaining?
31:37 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm your host Matthew Petruzig. |
| 0:03.3 | Today we bring you the second part of a recent discussion that Bishop Baron had |
| 0:08.0 | with Dr. Todd Warner on the way Catholic and indeed all Christians |
| 0:11.9 | should approach the crossroads of religion and politics. |
| 0:15.8 | Enjoy. Enjoy. Is Democracy Moral? |
| 0:27.0 | Moral. |
| 0:28.0 | In 1798, John Adams wrote to the Massachusetts Militia, quote, |
| 0:32.0 | Because we have no government armed with power wrote to the Massachusetts militia, quote, |
| 0:32.6 | because we have no government armed with power |
| 0:34.9 | capable of contending with human passions |
| 0:37.4 | unbridled by morality and religion. |
| 0:40.5 | Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. |
| 0:47.0 | Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. |
| 0:51.0 | It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." |
| 0:54.0 | And in his fair will address, President George Washington advised, |
| 0:58.0 | quote, of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, |
| 1:02.0 | religion and morality are indispensable supports. |
| 1:05.9 | In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism |
| 1:08.5 | who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, |
| 1:11.7 | these firmest props of the duties of men and |
| 1:13.9 | citizens, and let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be |
| 1:18.5 | maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason, and experience, both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. |
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