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On Holy Tradition and democracy

17 October 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

G.K. Chesterton — Orthodoxy: I have never been able to understand where people got the idea that democracy was in some way opposed to tradition. It is obvious that tradition is only democracy extended through time. It is trusting to a consensus of common human voices rather than to some isolated or arbitrary record. The […]

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