The Strange Spirit of Solange Hertz – Expanded 1.0

similar theses as Timothy Gordon's [*Catholic Republic*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=9596) very insightful essay, against the 🇺🇸 being (as neo-Cathar/Albigensian Simone Weil-like Solange Hertz said, or even +Williamson might say) a "Satanically inspired empire." ch. 3 shows that very few (~10) of the signers of the Constitution were Masons. ch. 9 is on [Alfred O'Rahilly](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_list&search=authors:%22%3DO'Rahilly%2C%20Alfred%2C%20C.S.Sp.%22), who dispelled the myth that Protestantism gave us democracy, when really Protestantism was in favor of divine right of kings (that they are, as Henry VIII pridefully thought, above natural or human law), unlike the Catholic view that kings are subject to divine and natural law and where political authority comes from God (yes), but people can designate (elect) who receives said authority. ch. 12: sermon praising 🇺🇸's constitution by "John Thayer, a Catholic missioner"; he called Washington ‘that guardian genius, that savior of his country, that ornament of the human race...’ toward whom the good Father wanted his congregation to have ‘the warmest feelings of esteem, gratitude and love.’” (PDF p. 89). ch. 13 is on the First Amendment's establishment clause, which did *not* intend to separate Church and State; rather, it forbade the federal government from establishing a federal religion (states' constitutions had their own recognized religions early on). The religious aspects were in the Declaration of Independence: "It would seem fitting that references to Almighty God be reserved for a special document rather than sticking Him in between paragraphs on the workings of government." (PDF p. 97); cf. "[Proposed amendment to make U.S. Constitution mention God?](https://history.stackexchange.com/q/75537/3202)" ch. 14 shows that the 🇺🇸 Founding Fathers were against democracy and pro republic. It also mentions James J. Walsh's [*Education of the Founding Fathers of the Republic: A Neglected Chapter in the History of Education*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=9704) (cf. [*A Powerful Mind: The Self-Education of George Washington*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=5538)), which shows their intellectual formation was Scholastic. p. 95 (PDF p. 104) compares the American "Revolution" with the French Revolution, showing the American one had a realist ( *contra* Rousseau) anthropology (necessitating checks and balances). cites [John C. Rager](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_list&search=authors:%22%3DRager%2C%20John%20C.%2C%20S.T.D.%22), *The Political Philosophy of St. Robert Bellarmine* * * * cf. his short pamphlet [*Why Stand Ye Here Idle?*](https://isidore.co/misc/Res%20pro%20Deo/Pro-Life/Why%20stand%20ye%20here%20idle%3F.pdf)