EVOLUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF POLITICAL LOYALTY OF CHRISTIANITY TO THE STATE

Abstract

The article analyzes the evolution of the doctrine of political loyalty of Christianity to state power and the views of the prominent Russian jurist N.N. Alekseev (1879-1964) on this issue. Alekseev considered the widespread thesis that Christianity sanctifies any power to be a key mistake of political doctrine. N.N. Alekseev came to the conclusion that the analysis of biblical texts convinces in the absence of Christian idealization of the state and the evangelical justification of the priority of the monarchical form of government. All the theories justifying the advantages of autocracy have nothing in common with the Christian creed. However, this does not mean that such a justification cannot be based on another ideological argument.