Democracy and Bellarmine: An Examination of Blessed Cardinal Bellarmine's Defense of Popular Government and the Influence of His Political Theory Upon the American Declaration of Independence 1.0

An examination of Blessed Cardinal Bellarmine's defense of popular government and the influence of his political theory upon the American Declaration of Independence. cf. the *contra* [Rager](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_list&search=authors:%22%3DRager%2C%20John%20Clement%2C%20S.T.D.%22) articles by Ryan Grant [in *CFN*](https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/author/ryangrant/) ([audio of both parts](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/audio-for-wordpress-15975488854e8e07faf706bb99bd4c86ec20c6ab/2022/07/amazon_polly_41439.mp3?version=1656786341)) Front Cover 2 Introduction 20 Chapter I-The Form of Political Government Advocated by Cardinal Bellarmine as the "More Useful," was in Sub- stance, Democracy 39 Chapter II-The Theory of Popular Sovereignty 49 Chapter III-Constitutional Limitation 63 Chapter IV-Ecclesiastical Limitation 72 Chapter V-International Relations 86 Chapter VI-Political Rights 104 Chapter VII-Civil Liberty-Human Equality 114 Chapter VIII-Religious Freedom 124 Conclusion 134 Bibliography 146