John of Salisbury – Natural Law Must Inspire Positive LawVatican Information Service on EWTN: ”Benedict XVI focused his catechesis during this morning’s general audience on the figure of John of Salisbury, a philosopher and theologian born in England towards the beginning of the twelfth century . . . ’The question of the relationship between natural law and positive law, as mediated by equity, is still of great importance’, said Benedict XVI. ‘Indeed, in our own time, and especially in certain countries, we are witnessing a disquieting fracture between reason, which has the task of discovering the ethical values associated with human dignity, and freedom, which has the responsibility of accepting and promoting those values.’” Wikipedia Entry: John of Salisbury
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