Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Self-Defense/Family Defense: Obligatory

Just to get this straight:

...The Catholic Church has always maintained that the defiance of an evil force is not only a right but an obligation. Its Catechism (cf. #2265) cites St. Thomas Aquinas: “Legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another’s life, the common good of the family or of the State.”

A father is culpable if he does not protect his family. A bishop has the same duty as a spiritual father of his sons and daughters in the church, just as the civil state has as its first responsibility the maintenance of the “tranquility of order” through self-defense....

If that defense requires force of arms, so be it.  Foppish 'love and peace' bleatings--whether from political "leaders" who slobber  'that's not who we are' or from Bishops who frankly don't have a clue--are at best ill-advised, and at worst, suicidal.


8 comments:

III said...

That's correct, Proof of bearing arms to protect family and self can be found with Saint Joseph himself. He carried a sturdy staff. He was not a shepherd.

Dad29 said...

Joseph also had a large range of edged weapons, being a carpenter.

Karen said...

Just arrived via Badger Catholic. I LOVE St. Joseph and working with wood. Also, agree that our men should protect families and society by force of arms if necessary and by closing borders to certain dangerous factions.

Btw, can you tell me what your logo means? and Nun? (since I'm new here).

Thanks and I like your viewpoints.

Dad29 said...

The 'nun logo is a symbol for 'Christian' used in the Middle East.

The masthead makes sense if you spell out the numbers. Try it.

Karen said...

Ok, I'm a dim bulb. Which numbers?

Dad29 said...

try "to nine"

Karen said...

Ahhhh! Dad to 9. Got it and God bless you!


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Thomas Doubting said...

I'd just like to point out this was the original idea in the American colonies. By law, every able-bodied man had to equip and arm himself and then drill and serve with the local militia. Colonial men were legally responsible for the security of their communities.

That's why the necessity of a militia was put into the 2nd Amendment.