Plucking the Eagle's Wings

Plucking the Eagle's Wings

the word "law" came from a Norse word. The Anglo-Saxons and Normans (Franco-Vikings) eventually conquered England in 1066. By 1215, the Magna Carta was signed by the King and representatives of the common people. It formally expressed a form of representative government that protected personal rights and limited the King from imposing tyrannical laws upon the people. The Magna Carta became the basis of English Common Law in which our Founding Fathers were schooled. This is clearly apparent when studying the text of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. In fact, the Bill of Rights guaranteed personal freedoms first articulated in the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta's preamble listed its participating parties, including God! The system of government ratified by the Magna Carta required an agreement between the King and representatives of the people. It limited the King from practicing tyranny that violated specific personal rights. All parties entered the covenant before God. Part of the Preamble follows: "John, by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Earl of Anjou, to his Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, Barons, Justiciaries, Foresters, Sheriffs, Governors, Officers, and to all Bailiffs, and his faithful subjects,—Greeting. Know ye, that We, in the presence of God, and for the salvation of our own soul, and of the souls of all our ancestors, and of our heirs, to the honor of God, and the exaltation of the Holy Church and amendment of our Kingdom, by the counsel of our venerable fathers, Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Henry Archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester ... and others our liegemen; have in the First place granted to God, and by this our present Charter, have confirmed, for us and our heirs for ever" (Source: the British library's online information server http://www.bl.uk/index.html). The Declaration of Independence reflects the same theory of government. The Bill of Rights is actually derived from specific

personal freedoms defined in the Magna Carta. His Beloved Son Discovers the Vineyard

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