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Christian Worldview of History and Culture Found in Quotes From Johannes Althusius, Dutch Reformer and Political Jurist I more frequently use examples from sacred Scripture because it has God or pious men as its author, and because I consider that no polity from the beginning of the world has ever been more wisely and perfectly constructed than the polity of the Jews. We err, I believe, whenever in similar circumstances we depart from it. Johannes Althusius, Dutch reformer and political jurist Piety is required by the first table of the Decalogue and justice by the second, and the two together are furthermore validated in human experience everywhere. Johannes Althusius, Dutch reformer and jurist I have included among other things herein, all in their proper places, the precepts of the Decalogue and the rights of soveriegnty, about which there is a deep silence among some other political scientists. The precepts of the Decalogue are included to the extent that they infuse a vital spirit into the association and symbiotic life that we teach, that they carry a torch before the social life that we seek, and that they prescribe and constitute a way, rule, guiding star, and boudary for human society. If anyone would take them out of politics, he would destroy it; indeed, he would destroy all symbiosis and social life among men. Johannes Althusius, Dutch reformer and jurist General duties...consist of defending and preserving from all injury the lives of one's nieghbor and oneself, the sixth precept, of guarding by thought, word, and deed one's own chastity and that of the fellow [citizen], and of not stealing, injuring, or reducing them, the eighth precept; of defending and preserving one's own reputation and that of one's nieghbor, and of not neglecting them in any manner, the ninth precept; and of avoiding a concupiscent disposition toward those things than belong to our nieghbor, and of seeking instead satisfaction and pleasure in those things that are ours and tend to the glory of God, the tenth precept. Johannes Althusius, Dutch reformer and jurist (the Decalogue) vouchsafed to our nieghbor:...first, his natural life, including the liberty and safety of his own body. The opposite of these are terror, murder, injury, wounds, beatings, compulsion, slavery, fetters, and coercion. Secondly, the nieghbor possesses his reputation, good name, honor, and dignity, which are called the 'second self' of man. Opposed to them are insult, ill repute, and contempt...also include chastity of body, the contrary of which is any kind of uncleanness and fornication. Also pertaining to this category are the rights of family, and the right of citizenship that belongs to some. Thirdly, a man has external goods that he uses and enjoys, opposed to which are the corruption, damage, and imparing of his goods in any form, as well as their plundering or robbery, and any violation of their possession or artificial impediment to their use. Johannes Althusius, Dutch reformer and jurist
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