Series: Lex Rex

Description: Lex Rex Tyranny exists when rulers operate above, or become, the law. Samuel Rutherford was a theologan in the Westminster Assembly whose writings greatly influenced the signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In particular, his epic work Lex Rex (Law is King), which laid out that the Law, not the King, had highest authority. This book was highly relavent and influential in the founding of the United States, and is highly relavent now as we examine thoughout this study

Episode: Lex Rex 17