Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Restoration NOT revolution

In short, then:

Revolution is always wrong

but

Restoration is generally right

The Restoration of King Charles II was not perfect because it was not a fully Catholic restoration but it was right to the extent that it restored the English Constitution that had been so mutinously overthrown by Cromwell and his Puritan revolutionaries.


The Congress of Vienna in 1815 restored much of old Christian Europe - but not all.


A better example of Restoration was the restoration of the Habsburgs to their throne after the Congress of Vienna - but even that was flawed since the Congress did not restore all Catholic lands to their rightful owners.

Better yet is the restoration in 1273 of the Emperor after the Great Interregnum (1250-1273) following the death and reign of the ex-communicate Frederick II and his son Conrad, the last of the Hohenstaufen. The new Emperor was the first Habsburg, Rudolf I.

The cenotaph of the tomb of Emperor Rudolf I in Speyer in the Rhineland-Palatinate.


The best example of restoration was the restoration to life of JESUS CHRIST after his crucifixion and entombment.



Peter Paul Rubens. Christ Risen.
1616. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy.


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1 comment:

  1. Tribune:

    I thought you would be interested in the following discussion.

    http://www.whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2010/03/thoughts_on_empire_and_secessi.html

    Vest best, Patrick

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