Church and State
After the war, he was named Dean and later President of the University of Innsbruck. His work focused on the relation between Church and State in the early years of Christianity. In numerous documentations, Rahner tried to revive the enthusiasm of the early Christians for the Church. He mentions Tertullian: GREAT is the emperor, because he is smaller than the heavens“, and Ambrose of Milan, "It is not imperial, to deny freedom of speech, it is not priestly, to withhold one's opinion". All people are called into the Church. The Church is called Kyriake, which means "of the lord," because Christ, the lord is ruler. She has to teach in all centuries to all states, what Christ the lord and ruler has wonderfully decreed to the people.
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