Unit 1: Chapter 2 Flashcards
What does it mean when we say that God is sovereign?
It means that He has the both the supreme power and the right to govern all nations and their rulers.
What is the source of governmental authority ?
God
What is the first foundational civil ordinance ?
Capital Punishment
What is God’s purpose for government ?
To protect the innocent by punishing the guilty.
Who wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England ?
William Blackstone
What are the two foundations for law ?
Revealed Law - directly from God
Natural Law - discernible by all men as image-bearers of God
What are commandments ?
Orders from God telling men what to do and what not to do.
What is another name for the Ten Commandments ?
The Decalogue
What was the name for the first Law code written by man, and who wrote it ?
It was called the Code of Hammurabi written by Hammurabi.
What is a government where God rules directly called ?
Theocracy
What is the belief that government should remove everything religious from its domain ?
Secularism
What is an Autocracy ?
Rule by one whose will is supreme.
What is a democracy ?
The people rule, either by popular vote or indirectly through elected representatives.
How did a monarch receive his position ?
Through inheritance
What is a system of government in which the monarch has unlimited power?
Absolute Monarch
What are constitutional monarchies ?
Systems of government in which the monarch’s power is limited by a constitution and is equal to or subservient to and elected representative assembly.
What is a system of government in which the ruler acquires his power by some means other that inheritance and rules with absolute authority?
A dictatorship
What is totalitarianism ?
It controls all aspects of society
What is a totalitarian dictatorship in which all power is vested in one ruler?
Fascism
What was Nazism ?
Racist Fascism
What is Communism ?
A totalitarian dictatorship by one or more persons that advocates the violent, revolutionary overthrow of the existing economic, political, and social order and sets up a tyrannical state that dominates the person, property, and thought of all the citizens by means of physical and psychological force and terror.
What is another name for Communism?
Marxist-Leninism
About how many people have been killed by Communism ?
140 million people
What is a system of government control over the economy of a nation ?
Socialism
What is a direct democracy ?
The people rule directly by popular vote.
What is an indirect democracy ?
The people rule indirectly through elected representatives.
What is a constitutional republic ?
The people and their representatives are limited by a constitution.
What country has an unwritten constitution ?
England
In response to government, Christians should always do these two things …
- Pray for those in authority.
2. Respect and submit to their authority
It is also the Christian’s duty to do these three things…
- Pray daily for their public officials.
- Be informed on the issues and about the candidates so that they can vote intelligently at each election.
- Write to their elected representatives in order to influence the legislative process.
What is the idea that the church and the government are to remain institutionally separate ?
Separation of church and state
What is the Cornerstone of the American government ?
The character of the American people.
What is government?
It is the authority and power to control, to direct, and to rule the actions and affairs of others.
