Traditionally 31 October 1517 is widely held to

Traditionally, 31 October 1517 is widely held to be the day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg. 500 th ANNIVERSARY

Thesis 86, which asks: "Why does the pope, whose wealth today is greater than the wealth of the richest Crassus, build the basilica of St. Peter with the money of poor believers rather than with his own money? "

Luther objected to a saying attributed to Johann Tetzel that "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs. ”

Rich Young Ruler

Romans 2: 14 -15 New King James Version (NKJV) 14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)

He has put eternity in their hearts, Eccl. 3: 11

Aquinas distinguishes different levels of precepts or commands that the Natural Law entails. The most universal is the command "Good is to be done and pursued and evil avoided. ” LAW = Wise restraints that make men free

Isaiah 33: 22 (NKJV) 22(For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us);

Genesis 1: 26 -28(NKJV) 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping that creeps on the earth. ” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it…

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

All men are created equal. Therefore, they may be governed only with their consent. Therefore, the people will be Sovereign. Therefore, the people will be the most dangerous thing. HOW IS THE SOVEREIGN GOING TO OPERATE IN RELATION TO THE GOVERNMENT?

Who is the Sovereign and why? We The People, Consent of the governed. What is the final cause of the Constitutional Republic? Freedom of the individual What is the final cause of a monarchy or better yet an oligarchy? Libido dominandi If the Sovereign is the strongest thing, it is the most…. Dangerous thing.