Andrew Willard Jones

1 week ago | theimaginativeconservative.org | Andrew Willard Jones

So, is Christianity nationalist? The Church clearly thinks the nation is essential and worthy of defense, but what is it? To answer this, we must explore the historical genesis of the modern “nation” itself. John Paul II asserted with confidence that the two natural societies recognized by the Church’s social teaching are the family and the nation and that these two are bound up together.

Mar 2, 2025 | theimaginativeconservative.org | Andrew Willard Jones

The truth of Pope Innocent III’s world is naturally dependent on a move out of nature and into faith. The political was a fundamental aspect of the pastoral. The movement of ascent to God passed always through the carnal, through the law, and on to liberty through grace. We are trapped within the historical, but the historical bears within it everywhere the trace of God. Pope Innocent III (r.

Mar 2, 2024 | theimaginativeconservative.org | Andrew Willard Jones

From its birth, the Church worked to overthrow tyrannies and establish societies of justice. But it did this in a manner unlike any other revolutionary movement. It did not attempt to defeat tyranny at its own game, becoming the biggest and baddest social power around: another political force or ideological faction raising armies and winning elections. If it did, it wouldn’t really be radical at all. It would be another aspect of the world.

Jun 19, 2023 | theimaginativeconservative.org | Andrew Willard Jones