Monarchal Systems,Interpretation of Common Good

[AndyF]

Does a decision made by a King or Queen always constitute a common good?

For instance in the CF Today’s Quote:

“Your threats do not terrify us, for Christ is our life, and death is our gain.”
– Saints Crispin and Crispinian, to Emperor Maximianus after he had threatened them in an attempt to coerce their renunciation of the faith; he eventually had them beheaded.

If decisions are made by monarchs who could never officially possess a divinely inspirational component (privilege of Pope), then Maximianus was justified in his decision and it could never be imputed to him.

Same goes for decisions made on behalf of the Irish during the potatoe famine by their monarch Queen Elizabeth where she ignored their plight.

The reason I bring this up is that we are told time and again by the Church that decisions made by governments and monarchs in the name of the common good are always justified. Others, Nazi Germany and decisions made then. More recently, the sell off of Japanese property while the same owners were incarcerated for racial reasons by their own governments.

AndyF

 

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Does a decision made by a King or Queen always constitute a common good?

For instance in the CF Today’s Quote:

“Your threats do not terrify us, for Christ is our life, and death is our gain.”
– Saints Crispin and Crispinian, to Emperor Maximianus after he had threatened them in an attempt to coerce their renunciation of the faith; he eventually had them beheaded.

If decisions are made by monarchs who could never officially possess a divinely inspirational component (privilege of Pope), then Maximianus was justified in his decision and it could never be imputed to him.

Same goes for decisions made on behalf of the Irish during the potato famine by their monarch Queen Elizabeth where she ignored their plight.

The reason I bring this up is that we are told time and again by the Church that decisions made by governments and monarchs in the name of the common good are always justified. Others, Nazi Germany and decisions made then. More recently, the sell off of Japanese property while the same owners were incarcerated for racial reasons by their own governments.

AndyF

The reason I bring this up is that we are told time and again by the Church that decisions made by governments and monarchs in the name of the common good are always justified.

I’m not sure one could particularly validate the Magisterium of the Catholic Church making a bold statement that would support political governments or Kings and Queens as upholding moral decisions justified for the common good.

Most certainly not in today’s Godless society where abortion and euthanasia is common place in many governmental systems as a civil right. And this is only speaking of two moral issues amongst many.

Most people in the world no longer Fear God, nor do give any real conscionable concern towards Gods Ten Commandments which supersedes any man-made code for the common good.