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The separation of powers in the United Kingdom is a system of government that was designed to protect the rights and liberties of citizens. The system consists of a series of branches of government, each with its authority and responsibility. The government is answerable to the people, not the other way around. This system is … Read more
A dictatorship is a form of government characterized by the absolute rule of one person or a very small group of people who hold all political power. Meaning of Dictatorship. According to Ford, Dictatorship is the assumption of extra-legal authority by the Head of the State. Alfred says, Dictatorship is the government of one man … Read more
The rule of law represents one of the most challenging concepts of the Constitution. The rule of law is a concept that is capable of different interpretations by different people, and it is this feature that makes an understanding of the doctrine elusive. Of all constitutional concepts, the rule of law is also the most … Read more
Sources of the UK Constitution. As has been seen in previews Article the United Kingdom’s constitution is classified as ‘unwritten’ or ‘uncodified’. It is the result of gradual evolutionary development over centuries rather than a consciously constructed document drafted to meet the needs and aspirations of a country at a particular time and intended to … Read more
Communistic Religious Associations. Christianity from its beginning was connected with socialistic ideas. It taught the equality of all men in the sight of God, and it placed a high value on voluntary poverty. In the Middle Ages, it taught that private property came into existence as a result of the tall of man, and it … Read more
Influence of the Reformation on Political Thought focuses on the Protestant reformers during the Reformation, both those thinkers historians commonly refer to as moderate or “magisterial” reformers (especially Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Huldrych Zwingli) and those they refer to as “radical” reformers. Although the political concerns of Protestantism remained profoundly religious, and most reformers … Read more
John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor, and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and God’s absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvinist doctrines … Read more
Huldrych Ulrich Zwingli was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland, born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system. He attended the University of Vienna and the University of Basel, a scholarly center of Renaissance humanism. He continued his studies while he served as a pastor in … Read more
Philip Melanchthon was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and John Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. Philip Melanchthon Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) the disciple … Read more
Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, composer, and former Augustinian friar, and is best known as a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation and as the namesake of Lutheranism. Martin Luther It was natural that the Reformation, which was a revolt in favor of more inward and spiritual worship, should begin in Germany, … Read more