Citizens Yet Strangers Quotes

“Christian faith is intrinsically political. But it cannot be identified with any specific politics. Christian theology endorses no particular model of politics. But it stands in critical judgment over all models. The human person is an essentially political being. But politics is not the end of human striving. The Church and government have distinct social roles. But those roles are necessarily interrelated. Christians have a duty to obey the laws of their nation. But they do not justify those laws by the laws’ own terms, and they may be obligated to disobey them. Christians may be loyal to their homeland. But that loyalty is subordinated to Christian discipleship. Christians have a mandate to participate in civic life. But that mandate may require abstaining from political activity. Christian faith is the leaven of political life. But Christian faith is always subversive of any regnant politics.”
― Kenneth Craycraft, Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America