relations; and in revising the lectures for publication I have endeavoured to take account of national life in all its aspects. The appendix, on the Attitude of the Church towards War, is part of a memorandum written at the request of a Committee of the Lower House of Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, which had been appointed to consider the subject of the Church and War. TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, 30 July, 1915. W. C. CONTENTS Disappointed Expectations. Personal Sense of Duty. Spiritual and Civil Authority. The Secularising of Papal Power. II. EXTERNAL SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY. Bishop Ketteler and Social Questions. Papal Enunciation of Truisms. Ecclesiastical and Civil Authorities. The Enforcement of Fish Diet. Objection to Usury. Attacks on the Stuart Administration. I. THE SCRIPTURAL MODEL FOR A POLITY. Reaction from the Synagogue of Satan. The Spiritual Independence of Ministers. Education and Poor-Relief. Industrial Requirements and Prudential Virtues. The Assertion of Personal Rights. The Elimination of Religion from Politics. V. THE GROUNDS OF CIVIL OBEDIENCE. Refraining from Active Obedience. Duty to the Community and to God. National Mission and National Duty. Self-Interest and Public Spirit. Trading Companies, and Planters. Duty to the Poor and to Dependents. II. COERCION AND DUTIES OF OTHER PEOPLE. Public Benefits and Ideal Justice. III. RELIANCE ON STATE INTERFERENCE. Decline of Personal Responsibility. Coercion of Other Nations. Humanitarianism and War. The Church as the Handmaid of Politicians. The Special Work of Christianity. I. SUBSTITUTES FOR THE SENSE OF DUTY. Co-operative Societies, and Copartnership. |