An important contributor to the idea of "subsidiarity" is found in the 1960 work by John Courtney Murray, S.J. "We Hold These Truths." While some would recoil at the idea of a Catholic perspective having standing in the dialogue, I, as a Protestant, find his thinking to be both prescient and valuable, and yes, God is the ultimate authori…
An important contributor to the idea of "subsidiarity" is found in the 1960 work by John Courtney Murray, S.J. "We Hold These Truths." While some would recoil at the idea of a Catholic perspective having standing in the dialogue, I, as a Protestant, find his thinking to be both prescient and valuable, and yes, God is the ultimate authority in our Judeo-Christian heritage now under attack. Perhaps the opening lines will pique interest, "The 'free society' seems to be a phrase of American coinage. At least it has no comparable currency in any other language, ancient or modern. The same is true of the phrase 'free government.'"
An important contributor to the idea of "subsidiarity" is found in the 1960 work by John Courtney Murray, S.J. "We Hold These Truths." While some would recoil at the idea of a Catholic perspective having standing in the dialogue, I, as a Protestant, find his thinking to be both prescient and valuable, and yes, God is the ultimate authority in our Judeo-Christian heritage now under attack. Perhaps the opening lines will pique interest, "The 'free society' seems to be a phrase of American coinage. At least it has no comparable currency in any other language, ancient or modern. The same is true of the phrase 'free government.'"