2 the State does not possess authority as much as it performs a divinely delegated task with authority; 3 the notion of a divinely delegated state authority as per Christendom was open to manifold abuses, hence the need for an authority that operates on the basis of the consensus of the governed; 4 the problem with stateship from below is that it becomes fragmented and fratricidal without a sustaining narrative or a supporting vision of the common good; therefore 5 Christians can insist that the State is neither infallible nor inviolable; it answers to God, and the stories and symbols of Jesus
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