tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post4690258579955925326..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: Pro PatriaMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-25524132890505731512008-06-09T14:52:00.000-05:002008-06-09T14:52:00.000-05:00It also is credited to Tertullian... who would see...It also is credited to Tertullian... who would seem to have precedence.<BR/><BR/>In any event, the early church opposed the military, though it accepted <B>ex</B>-military.irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962225409443023414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-37896076507042943672008-06-08T15:57:00.000-05:002008-06-08T15:57:00.000-05:00"What has the emperor to do with the Church?" I t..."What has the emperor to do with the Church?" I think Donatus said that.<BR/><BR/>At one time, the bulk of the military in the U.S. was made up of one's own neighbors, in the institution of the State Militias, which were governed mainly by neighbors. The aftermath of the U.S. Civil War started its decline, and the delocalization of the military was completed by the 1970s.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-39141331904940966092008-06-08T11:24:00.000-05:002008-06-08T11:24:00.000-05:00Many truths in this essay.Yet one must never confu...Many truths in this essay.<BR/><BR/>Yet one must never confuse the military and its commanders with our neighbors: "Quid est imperatori cum ecclesia?"irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17962225409443023414noreply@blogger.com