Christianity And Western Constitutional Development

As everyone knows, in the past two thousand years, the influence of Western civilization deeply indebted to christianity. People often think of the history of western civilization comes down to is Christian civilization history, from the history of the study the relationship between Christianity and constitutional development, more clearly clarify the Christian has an important role in the process of western constitutionalism. We sure something is indeed Christianity and western constitutionalism has an absolutely necessarily associated, and constitutionalism is the important achievements of political civilization in the western world, of course, is inseparable with Christianity. Western constitutional value and characteristic mainly reflects the Christian culture, to the rise of constitutional government, has played a lot of stimulative effect.At the same time, the article also further analysis pointed out that although the Christian has a positive influence on western constitutional government, but the modern democratic constitutionalism is the result of a combination of many factors, the Christianity is one of the factors. All is not the only factor. Some rational humanism, enlightenment, secular, modern factors. This means that any religion could not have become obstacles to the construction of constitutional government, any country can choose to become Christian or Christian countries of the two different constitutional road.This paper respectively from the perspective of the history, theory and empirical the Christian influence on the origin of constitutional government, the actual is to clarify the relationship between the two. But before study this issue, in addition to want to know something about the essence of Christianity, still should make clear the basic meaning of constitutional government, for the related problems of the outer barrier.The full text mainly divided into three parts from the structure of the three sections: The first part of the basic concepts, This part mainly introduced in this paper, the basic concepts relating to the problem:Including the origin and development of Christianity,"Christ" and "Christianity" connotation, content to the basic tenets of Christianity; Also define the concept of constitutional government, points out that the premise of constitutionalism must reflect the will of the people’s constitution; The core of the constitutional government must be produced in accordance with the constitution and operation; Constitutionalism is the most basic requirements must limit state power, establish a restriction mechanism; The ultimate value of constitutionalism is to guarantee citizens’rights and freedoms enjoyed fully; Constitutionalism guarantee mechanism must also be a complete set of civil rights.The second part mainly describes the relationship between Christianity and the origin of constitutional government, which will pick up the relationship of Christianity and western constitutionalism main periods:the middle ages, the reformation era, Britain revolution and the French revolution era, and try to every time between Christianity and western constitutionalism origin there are links to the comb.The third part of constitutional government finally completed and the constitution of the United States, this part mainly describes the American revolution the parts "Britain" and "French" belief system and political system, embodied in the constitution of the United States, especially the first amendment proposed the principle of separation of church and state of the UK with a special political environment of the product to a universality of the height of the constitution, thus complete the constitutionalism in the true sense.