Catechesis Notes for the Week — Left-Hand Kingdom—The civil governance is sometimes called the “left-hand kingdom of God” where He rules and protects man in his external relationships through government and the force of law.  The “left-hand kingdom” is to be distinguished from the “right-hand kingdom” (the Church) through which God rules the heart by the call to repentance and the Word of the Gospel.  We should still understand the left-hand kingdom as that which God has established.

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