My Issues With the Antioch Declaration
The Antioch Declaration is an “anti anti-Semitic” statement of faith signed by various confessional Protestants. Leaving aside the question of if the conscience of a Christian is bound to post-biblical historical facts, the Antioch Declaration has several other glaring issues. To begin with, the Antioch Declaration rails against the Enlightenment, without understanding what rejecting the Enlightenment would actually entail, as though going back to the Good Old Days of the early 17th century would mean equal rights for all. There is no true reactionary conservatism, of the type of Metternich or Charles X of France in the Anglosphere, who truly wants to undo the Enlightenment, and return the medieval style “throne and altar” conservatism. In the United Kingdom, the most reactionary politicians of the 19th century believed in constitutional monarchy and the values of the Glorious Revolution of 1689. They were hesitant classical liberals, resisting change, but making no serious...