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The Bible And The Constitution, Brad Jacob
The Bible And The Constitution, Brad Jacob
Robert Weston Ash
ABSTRACT
The Bible and the Constitution Prof. Bradley P. Jacob
Is the United States Constitution consistent with the Holy Bible? For many people today, and especially for most lawyers, legal scholars and judges, the question is both irrelevant and silly. Their answer would be a simple, “Who cares?”
Yet there are some – Christian judges, lawyers and legal scholars – for whom the question matters a great deal. It matters to anyone who follows the tradition of Thomas Aquinas, William Blackstone, and Martin Luther King, Jr., in holding that a human law that violates God’s eternal principles of justice is …
The Bible And The Constitution, Brad Jacob
The Bible And The Constitution, Brad Jacob
Robert Weston Ash
ABSTRACT
The Bible and the Constitution Prof. Bradley P. Jacob
Is the United States Constitution consistent with the Holy Bible? For many people today, and especially for most lawyers, legal scholars and judges, the question is both irrelevant and silly. Their answer would be a simple, “Who cares?”
Yet there are some – Christian judges, lawyers and legal scholars – for whom the question matters a great deal. It matters to anyone who follows the tradition of Thomas Aquinas, William Blackstone, and Martin Luther King, Jr., in holding that a human law that violates God’s eternal principles of justice is …