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Alfred O'Rahilly's articles:

162. The Democracy of Saint Thomas, Alfred O’Rahilly … 913

163. Suarez and Democracy, Alfred O’Rahilly … 925

165. The Sovereignty of the People, Alfred O’Rahilly … 944

175. The Law of Nations, Alfred O'Rahilly … 1016

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"The Sovereignty of the People" cited in Hunter, The Strange Spirit of Solange Hertz ch. 9 "Alfred O'Rahilly" (pp. 944-71) regarding how, as O'Rahilly puts it:

The current Protestant view is that democracy was introduced by the Reformation; and unfortunately this travesty of history is nowadays accepted as a commonplace by many Catholics.

∃ other O'Rahilly articles not cited in Hunter.

The Sovereignty of the People, Alfred O’Rahilly:

07/10/25: 10

In what pertains to the interior motion of the will,” says S. Thomas,* "man is not bound to obey man but only God. However, man is bound to obey man in the external bodily actions; but even in such of these as refer to the nature of the body—for example, whatever concerns the nourishment of the body and the generation of offspring —man is not bound to obey man but God alone, for all men are by nature equal" On which Cajetan comments thus: “When you hear that men are equal according to nature, understand this not of the equality of dignity or nobilty, for one is found naturally superior to another in mind and body, but rather of the equality of power, for no man has any power over another in those things which relate to nature."

07/10/25: 10

“A serf," he says,? "is his master's property in matters superadded to the natural, but in matters of nature all are equal."

07/10/25: 16

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07/10/25: 16

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07/10/25: 20

Catholic philosophy is unanimous in holding these two propositions: - (1) that a government which exceeds its function by injustice or tyranny ceases ipso facto to be a government, and (2) that such a defunct, immoral government may nevertheless have a right to our obedience "lest the tranquillity of order be more and more disturbed or society should incur greater harm” by our refusal?

07/10/25: 30

If supreme political authority is in any particular instance found to inhere in any other personality, sole or corporate, save that of the people, it is there only derivatively, and in virtue of communal cbnsent.

07/11/25: 42

Pius X in his letter on the Sillon cites this very passage of Pope Leo as “a refutation of the attempt to reconcile Catholic teaching with the error of philosophism."$

07/11/25: 42

According to these twenty-four writers—and doubtless there are more—the Pope is simply combating atheistic individualism and makes no animadversion whatever on the Scholastic theory, which remains a perfectly tenable view supported by great authorities and strong arguments.

07/11/25: 44

As Cardinal Billot points out, the Pope is combating the atheistic individualism which was popularized by Rousseau and his successors.

07/11/25: 44

the encyclical Diuturnum was directed merely against Rousseau.

07/11/25: 45

Does it make any practical difference whether we speak of designation or transfer?

07/11/25: 46

God does not bestow authority nor does the ruler receive it, until the people have somehow given their consent.

07/11/25: 48

Hence the Schoolmen all but unanimously refused to identify transfer of political power with designation to ecclesiastical office.?

07/11/25: 56

Since world-law is dictated by natural reason," he replies,! “its justice being easily deduced (ex propinquo habentia aequitatem), therefore, it is that it does not need any special institution save that of natural reason."

contra UN

07/11/25: 56

12, q. 95, a. 4, ad 1.