TY - JOUR ID - 59476 TI - Public law’s considerations in the school of thomism with an emphasis on the rule of law in religious states JO - Public Law Studies Quarterly JA - JPLSQ LA - en SN - 2423-8120 AU - Mokarrami Ghartavol, Yaser AU - Javid, Mohammad Javad AD - Ph.D. student, Faculty of law and political sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AD - Associate Professor, Public & International Law Department, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 46 IS - 3 SP - 649 EP - 678 KW - Faith KW - natural rights KW - religious state KW - The rule of law KW - Thomas Aquinas KW - Thomism KW - wisdom DO - 10.22059/jplsq.2016.59476 N2 - The existence of government as a natural, religious and legal phenomenon is a necessity. According to the theory of Thomas Aquinas, the consideration of a religious government under the rule of a divine law is an accepted module. He hypothesizes two main pillars: The government as a symbol of political authority, ruled by the King and the religious affairs that are ruled under the command of the Church. King, as a symbol of political authority, has the duty to pave the way for people to move toward a prosper eternal life reaching God. Although, he knows the political and religious institutions as two relatively independent phenomena, he emphasizes on the adherence of the Political Institution to its religious counterpart. This is the most challenging part of the Thomism's school. This paper shows that by considering the macro approaches of Thomism philosophy, such as ontology, epistemology, anthropology, it is possible to achieve the rule of a law and a State with religious beliefs under the issues of Public Law. UR - https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_59476.html L1 - https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_59476_5fae41fa5d91d19caf2768cc3af97ee2.pdf ER -