What is the ultimate aim of the Christian living in the world? Is there only one type of holiness, that of the monk? Or could there be multiple goods, the good of Francis of Assisi and the good of Constantine? How can both the life of a monk, who would rather let himself be killed than harm another in his denial of the will, be the same as the Emperor who must execute the death penalty and wage war for the defense of the Christian state?
Cor 11. It would be better to remain celibate than to be married. Therefore it is better to be a monk than a king. The King is like God in so far as he is a ruler, and he has power and he creates, so there is a sense in which a King is a type of God in the same way Priest is a type of Bishop, just in a far lower part of the hierarchy. There is a reason in functioning period of time the Pope has supremacy over the Holy Roman Emperor.
satanic for the monk, but saintly for the king?
1> Gay
2> The King should still submit to God
"To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens: A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up, a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace." - Ecclesiastes
Exercise reason and wisdom. You would know it if was the time or not. It's called context clues if you were wondering.
