Fascinating stuff. I’ll have to put some Chesterton in the rotation.
I read an article last year on Martin Bucer’s proposed reforms for welfare for the poor that struck a similar chord.
Bucer was a Protestant; his views on lifting the poor out of poverty were rooted in ensuring that Christians could build/maintain their families — seems like Chesterton is similarly concerned with our political systems failing to accomplish this.
“The kings of this world also ought to establish and promote the means of making their citizens devout and righteous who rightly acknowledge and worship their God and who are truly helpful toward their neighbors in all their actions.”
Fascinating stuff. I’ll have to put some Chesterton in the rotation.
I read an article last year on Martin Bucer’s proposed reforms for welfare for the poor that struck a similar chord.
Bucer was a Protestant; his views on lifting the poor out of poverty were rooted in ensuring that Christians could build/maintain their families — seems like Chesterton is similarly concerned with our political systems failing to accomplish this.
https://davenantinstitute.org/against-the-infinite-stimulus-of-greed
“The kings of this world also ought to establish and promote the means of making their citizens devout and righteous who rightly acknowledge and worship their God and who are truly helpful toward their neighbors in all their actions.”