This introduction discusses the relationship between Christianity and the pre-Christian world. It notes that powerful states, empires, and diverse constitutional forms existed before Christianity. It also discusses how Greco-Roman political philosophy and jurisprudence influenced all subsequent political thought in the West. While Christianity emerged from a small Jewish nation-state, it went on to profoundly shape Western civilization. The introduction frames the overall history of man's salvation, with pre-Christian philosophers guided by natural reason as humanity waited for Christ. It presents the idea of the City of God, with Christ establishing his kingdom while the Church regenerates nature, sanctifies history, and blesses the world without becoming merely worldly itself.

Heinrich Albert Rommen - The State in Catholic Thought - A Treatise in Political Philosophy (2007) PDF PDF

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