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MONARCHY.
vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/
Vatican City State is governed as an absolute monarchy. The Head of State is the Pope who …
vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01061998_p-06_en.html
With the arrival of the Davidic monarchy this divine force, which until then had been manifested unpredictably and sporadically, acquired a certain stability. This can be clearly seen in the royal consecration of David, of which Scripture says: “The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward” (1 Sm 16:13).
This guy makes some interesting points but I think is a quack, and maybe a sedevacantist (a la Mel Gibson flavour)
todayscatholicworld.com/great-catholic-monarch.htm
This guy sounds rock solid.
seattlecatholic.com/a050615.html
Like the way he puts this:
Although, according to the system’s chief proponents, individual rights are better upheld in a liberal democracy, in fact this has not held good in any liberal democracy anywhere in the world. Rather, we see a consistent pattern of the erosion of basic human rights-most notably that of life-in preference to the wishes of an ephemeral majority:
And This:
St. Robert Bellarmine (a Doctor of the Church, who wrote in great detail on the subject) does note the intrinsic superiority of monarchy, but only if power is wielded by an ideal monarch:
Monarchy theoretically and in the abstract, monarchy in the hands of God who combines in Himself all the qualifications of an ideal ruler, is indeed a perfect system of government; in the hands of imperfect man, however, it is exposed to many defects and abuses. A government tempered, therefore, by all three basic forms (i.e., monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy), a mixed government, is, on account of the corruption of human nature more useful than simple monarchy.8
vaticanstate.va/EN/State_and_Government/
Vatican City State is governed as an absolute monarchy. The Head of State is the Pope who …
vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01061998_p-06_en.html
With the arrival of the Davidic monarchy this divine force, which until then had been manifested unpredictably and sporadically, acquired a certain stability. This can be clearly seen in the royal consecration of David, of which Scripture says: “The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward” (1 Sm 16:13).
This guy makes some interesting points but I think is a quack, and maybe a sedevacantist (a la Mel Gibson flavour)
todayscatholicworld.com/great-catholic-monarch.htm
This guy sounds rock solid.
seattlecatholic.com/a050615.html
Like the way he puts this:
Although, according to the system’s chief proponents, individual rights are better upheld in a liberal democracy, in fact this has not held good in any liberal democracy anywhere in the world. Rather, we see a consistent pattern of the erosion of basic human rights-most notably that of life-in preference to the wishes of an ephemeral majority:
And This:
St. Robert Bellarmine (a Doctor of the Church, who wrote in great detail on the subject) does note the intrinsic superiority of monarchy, but only if power is wielded by an ideal monarch:
Monarchy theoretically and in the abstract, monarchy in the hands of God who combines in Himself all the qualifications of an ideal ruler, is indeed a perfect system of government; in the hands of imperfect man, however, it is exposed to many defects and abuses. A government tempered, therefore, by all three basic forms (i.e., monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy), a mixed government, is, on account of the corruption of human nature more useful than simple monarchy.8
