Did Black Legend Las Casas go against tradition "dating back to Augustine [who] identified all virtues as modes of love [Charity]..[making "human dignity"] rights a matter of justice"? & Might Vatican II Martian-like Pope Leo's "non-ex cathedra" talk of "['human dignity'] rights" possibly be in "err" because he placed "rights" not in the domain of loving God first?
"[P]roblem with medieval roots of... natural rights... is whether the subjective right of canon lawyers implies the [Kantian autonomy from God and proper authority] personal freemdom or neutral zone privacy that prepares the way for modern natural rights... Tienney has found virtuous powers rather than natural rights... for example, the lawful permission to do God's work, such as the 'right' (jus) of a priest to preach the Gospel, to administer sacraments, or to recieve tithes for church's maintenance. Ot, the right (jus)of a crimnal to be punished. Or the right (jus) of the sun to shine, as God has directed it... The latter sense, of course, are almost the opposite of modern rights because they are grants or directives from higher authority rather than [modern 'rights'] claims from below... canonist emphasized subjective powers of the individual to do what is right according to divine and natural law... rather than revolution.... Burkeans rather than [...