January 2, 1982 by •
Abraham,
apostles,
Caesar,
Caliphs,
Catholic(s),
Centurion,
Christian(s),
churchmen,
Claudius,
Constantine (Emperor),
economy,
Egypt,
Emperor,
Enoch,
eternal,
Father,
Felix,
Festus,
Gentiles,
God,
Herod Agrippa,
High Priest,
Holy Ghost,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
John Chrysostom,
Joseph Smith,
Khan(s),
King(s),
Latter-day Saints,
love,
magistrates,
ministers,
missionary,
Mormonism,
Moses,
party,
Paul the Apostle,
Pharaoh,
polis,
political,
politics,
Popes,
prophet(s),
Protestant(s),
restoration,
Romans,
Rome,
Satan,
Sicarii,
temporal,
the Church,
the Gospel,
the Law,
The LORD,
the press,
the Prince of this World,
the Savior,
Western World,
world(s)
22 pp., typed manuscript for an Academics Lecture given on June 3, 1976 at BYU on politics; CWHN 13:105-137. An examination of how the Saints should understand involvement in politics, among other things drawing upon the examples of Paul and Daniel. — Midgley
February 1, 1981 by •
Agathias,
angel(s),
aristocracy,
Asia,
Attila,
Augustine,
barbarians,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
churchmen,
civilized man,
conformity,
Constantine,
culture(s),
demands,
devil(s),
East and West,
education,
Emperor,
Empire,
fourth century A.D.,
free men,
freedom,
God,
Greece,
Greek,
internal decay,
Jesus Christ,
Khan(s),
landowners,
loyalty,
opposition,
oversimplification,
pagan(s),
panegyrics,
Persia,
persuasion,
polarized loyalties,
Priscus,
rhetoric,
Romanitas,
Romans,
Rome,
scholar(s),
Scythians,
society,
super-weapon,
the Church,
the Faith,
the nobles,
Two Worlds,
Vandals,
Western civilization
Western Political Quarterly 6:4 (1953):631-657; CWHN 10:195. An examination of the problem of loyalty in the 4th century, with obvious significance for our own time. — Midgley
February 18, 1966 by •
ancient world,
Apollodorus,
Athens,
Augustus Caesar,
blackmail,
Christianity,
disciples,
education,
Egypt,
Greeks,
idleness,
imposing appendix,
John Chrysostom,
Palaemon,
pseudo-wisemen,
rhetoric,
Rome,
Seven Sages,
Socrates,
Sophists,
Symmachus,
teachers,
the University of Athens,
tyrant(s),
underachievement,
upper-class,
wisdom
BYU Studies 9:4 (Summer 1969): 440-452; CWHN 10: 287-302. Nibley traces some interesting parallels in educational matters and especially in campus unrest in the decade after 1960 with the medieval world. — Midgley
October 25, 1963 by •
Catholic(s) Church,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Christopher Columbus,
Constantine (Emperor),
Crusades,
Emperor,
God,
Gregory,
Holy peace,
Islam,
Jerome,
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem earthly,
Jerusalem heavenly,
Jews,
Justinian,
Mormon(s),
Mosque of Omar,
Omar,
Palestine,
peace holy,
peace pilgrimage,
pilgrimage peace,
Popes,
Protestant(s),
Reformation,
Rome,
Salidan,
temple(s),
the Law,
wealth
18 pp. typed transcript of a talk given on October 25, 1963. Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3 This recording is also found at BYU Speeches.
June 2, 1949 by •
bloodless offerings,
ceremonial,
donatives,
gaming pieces,
gifts,
hidden manna,
king's gifts,
rex Saturnalius,
Roman,
Rome,
sparsio,
sparsiones,
symbols,
the Great Assembly Year,
the New Year,
tokens,
year-gifts
Originally published as an article in Classical Journal 40 (1945): 515-43; CWHN 10:148-194.