Theology in History

The theological systems of men and schools of men are determined always by the character of their ideal of Christ, the central fact of the Christian system.

All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts not only because of their historical development - in which they were transferred from theology to the theory of the state, whereby, for example, the omnipotent God became the omnipotent lawgiver-but also because of their systematic structure, the recognition of which is necessary for a sociological consideration of these concepts. The exception in jurisprudence is analogous to the miracle in theology. Only by being aware of this analogy can we appreciate the manner in which the philosophical ideas of the state developed in the last centuries.

The greater part of what passes for diplomatic history is little more than the record of what one clerk said to another clerk.