Theological Journal – September 11 More Berdyaev
“The rule of authority is a domination of man over man, inevitably passing over into violence and coercion. But spirit does not know of being the master: spirit is freedom.
“God is endowed of
strength of power, and not authoritative rule of power. The authoritative rule
of power exists only because there is not the strength of power to take hold in
the souls of people, to transform and enlighten them.... What can the knowing
of truth have in common with the rule of authority? The whole of history
teaches this, that the rule of authority has but wrought violence upon
knowledge and has but distorted truth. The rule of authority has been guided by
socio-utilitarian motives, by interests supportive of the rule of authority,
and not by knowledge of truth, which always represents a danger for the
established orders of the ruling authority...
“If for God it be
impossible even to say that He is being, then even less so is it possible to
say that God is a ruling power of authority, that God is a monarch and that the
relationship of God to man and the world is a relationship of the power of an
authoritative ruler.”
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