We conclude our discussion on religious liberty by covering paragraph 20. We discuss the relationship between virtue and religion. We address the church's proper and traditional viewpoint on what St. Augustine called "the liberty of perdition."

Libertas: http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13liber.htm

In this episode we start our discussion on the idea of "religious liberty." Condemned by Pope Leo XIII in Libertas this idea has been completely turned around in the modern age. Those individuals in the Church now promote "religious liberty." Because our end is to God, our worship can only come from the Divinely established religion, the Catholic Church. We are not "free" to choose a false religion.

Libertas: http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13liber.htm

The Dolan article: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/barricades-religious-liberty-article-1.1384446#ixzz2XWYxPMyG

In this episode we continue our discussion about the duties of all men to accept the authority and law of God. This includes individual members of the government and the government as a whole. We discuss some of the dangers of this not happening and we give a specific example of this in the words of a former Nazi Hitler youth. The rise of Nazism is the same a as the rise of Godlessness. When the state separates itself from the Church there is no more authority to reference to settle disputes or help formulate laws. Laws will eventually become more debased as time goes on.

In this episode we discuss paragraph 17. We talk about the Divine Positive Law as a way of knowing truth. The Divine Positive Law is that part of God’s Eternal Law that covers revealed. Liberals from time to time accept some of the Natural Law (reason) but refuse to accept Divine Law. We also discuss how revelation is Morally Necessary, according to Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange. Our discourse on paragraph 18 focuses on Leo’s treatment of the “separation of Church and State” fallacy. So-called pro-choice politicians who are “personally” pro-life are given as examples. Leo said that those who are in authority owe it to the commonwealth to “consult the welfare of men's souls in the wisdom of their legislation.” Rob eloquently gives some of the roots of this idea of the state not paying heed to the Church’s wisdom when he discussed Martin Luther’s heresies. Luther taught that there is an invisible church, and “Between the Christian and the ruler, a profound separation must be made” and “Assuredly, a prince can be a Christian, but it is not as a Christian that he ought to govern.”

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13liber.htm

In this episode we examine Libertas paragraphs 13 and 15. We discuss how Liberals are those who want to ignore the sovereignty of God and subsequently act as though they are their own gods. In society this plays out to be the “will of the people.” Because God is not the reference to look to for any question, the majority of the people become the decision makers. Pope Leo describes the separation of God and society as “repugnant.” The ultimate consequence of this is the lowering of laws and standards to meet man’s desires of the will. Instead of raising our standards to God’s law, we ignore God’s laws and bring the standards to how we are behaving. This is how bad behavior is eventually labeled as “good.”

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13liber.htm

We study and discuss paragraphs 13-15 in this episode.

In this episode, we discuss paragraphs 7-10.

We continue our discussion on Libertas by delving deeper into paragraph 6.

In our first episode we begin our discussion on Pope Leo XIII's Libertas. This episode covers paragraphs 1-6.

The Veritas Podcast will be a show that studies important papal writings from history.