How to be a Christian Nationalist

[Michie]

Christian Nationalism is nothing more than what it sounds like. It’s Christian, which means belief and trust in Jesus Christ, and it’s Nationalist, which means it’s not globalist but rather focuses around patriotism for one’s own country, localism, and traditional Christian values. Under Catholicism, this is called Integralism, which is the official Catholic teaching that the state should be subordinate to the Church, and that the Church should inform the state as to the morality of certain laws and governing principles. In truth, all Catholics should be Integralists, and by extension that means all Catholics should be Christian Nationalists. Catholics have an advantage over Evangelicals and other Protestants on this topic, because our beliefs on this are well defined, and officially codified into Church teaching. Evangelicals, and other Protestants, generally don’t have this luxury, and then have to work this out on their own.

So, how does one actually be a Christian Nationalist? Well, based on the principles of Catholic Integralism, which can be universally applied to all Christians, it’s probably not what you think. Before we begin with the checklist, let’s clearly define what Christian Nationalism is not.

Christian Nationalism is not…

• forcing people to be Christians,
• making people join a certain church,
• coercing people to do Christian things,
• turning the state into a theocracy, or…
• turning some politician into a messianic figure.

The last point is fascism by the way, not nationalism, as these are two different things. Once we understand what Christian Nationalism is not, it’s time to define what Christian Nationalism is, and while this is primarily how a Catholic would define it, the definition rings true among Christians of many different denominations.

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How to be a Christian Nationalist

 

[GDL]

Christian Nationalism is nothing more than what it sounds like. It’s Christian, which means belief and trust in Jesus Christ, and it’s Nationalist, which means it’s not globalist but rather focuses around patriotism for one’s own country, localism, and traditional Christian values. Under Catholicism, this is called Integralism, which is the official Catholic teaching that the state should be subordinate to the Church, and that the Church should inform the state as to the morality of certain laws and governing principles. In truth, all Catholics should be Integralists, and by extension that means all Catholics should be Christian Nationalists. Catholics have an advantage over Evangelicals and other Protestants on this topic, because our beliefs on this are well defined, and officially codified into Church teaching. Evangelicals, and other Protestants, generally don’t have this luxury, and then have to work this out on their own.

So, how does one actually be a Christian Nationalist? Well, based on the principles of Catholic Integralism, which can be universally applied to all Christians, it’s probably not what you think. Before we begin with the checklist, let’s clearly define what Christian Nationalism is not.

Christian Nationalism is not…

• forcing people to be Christians,
• making people join a certain church,
• coercing people to do Christian things,
• turning the state into a theocracy, or…
• turning some politician into a messianic figure.

The last point is fascism by the way, not nationalism, as these are two different things. Once we understand what Christian Nationalism is not, it’s time to define what Christian Nationalism is, and while this is primarily how a Catholic would define it, the definition rings true among Christians of many different denominations.

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How to be a Christian Nationalist

Another interesting article, Michie. Thanks again.

A couple thoughts:

• At this point in time, I'm not sure how many can identify the difference between a Christian and a "CINO". Voting for Christians only can thus be problematic in reality vs. ideally.
• Along with this would have to be a lot of education on godly legislation as legislation is going to have to cover much more than just the marriage, family, Church freedom, etc., areas discussed in the article. So, the Church is going to have to study and teach God's Law, which much of the Protestant realm, at least, does not like to even talk about and worse, will shut down immediately.

Timely topic though. It seems Christians are among those who have finally begun to wake up to the evils that have been slowly taking over the US ideology and culture.

 

[GDL]

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