A Lutheran Jurist and the Emergence of Modern european States - Dietrich Reinking and his Late Work Biblische Policey ( 1653 )

• Autores: Markus M. Totzeck
• Localización: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte.: Kanonistische Abteilung, ISSN 0323-4142, Vol. 128, 2011, págs. 304-356
• Idioma: alemán
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  • The present study is concerned with aspects of the complex formding of modern European states in the works of the Lutheran jurist Dietrich Reinking. Reinking is well-known for his loyalty to the German emperor in the so-called " Reichspublizistik " ( the new science of German imperial constitutional law ). However, only a few scholars have further elaborated on his late work " Biblische Policey " ( 1653 ), which is at the centre of this article about Reinking's state theory. As a so-called " politica Christiana ( " Gute-Policey " literature ), " Biblische Policey "reveals as the basic theological framework an enriched lore of the Luteran three-estate theory. Reinking refers not only directly to Luther's " Lectures on Genesis ", but also, for instance, to the shapping of later orthodox Lutheran theologians ( as principle of church constitution ). And yet the difference to contemporary theological works is most obvious, as Reinking did not show much interest in denomiantional positionig, but was rather concerned with the fundamental controversy of the reason of the state ( Staatraison ). Since, overall, one can determine tensions and progress in the gradual integration of the theory of reason of state ( anti-Machiavellism, neo-Stoicism respectively Tacitism ) as well as in his construction of a " biblical state " ( the relation of the empire to the territorial state, and the three estates to monarchy; differentiation of the state and society; separation of church and state competences ), it is plausible to consider Reinking a paradigm for emergent processes and trends of modernstateformation. Ultimately, the question of the relevance of religious, denominational, and explicity biblical orientations and models is raised again.