The Pactum Institute officially becomes operational today! Please visit our website for more information: www.pactuminstitute.com

"As it is written: 'For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter'. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." - Rom 8:36-37

This is true because Christ is risen. Never despair - even in suffering we partake in Christ's victory. Never surrender - we will conquer all. Christ by his resurrection has sealed the victory over every enemy - every single one.

Happy Easter.

I've been more productive during the first couple of weeks than I have expected.
I realize that those of you who have or are contributing, it is a major sacrifice as the membership fees are quite high. Therefore I have decided to upgrade the membership terms:
At the end of the academic year you will each now receive not one, but two books. The original one previously mentioned (and that I will author) as well as an English translation of either an Afrikaans or Dutch work relevant to the Institute's mission and, importantly, one that has never before been translated (for this purpose I will simply take 50 cents per month from the research fund and add it to the book fund).
Being trilingual is a skill I cannot but use for the advantage of the Institute's Members.

Good day Pactum Members/supporters.

We finally have a US bank account set up as alternative for members who prefer not to make payments via paypal. Also, we expect to be able to start accepting bitcoin soon.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further information in this regard.

Update: The Pactum Institute now officially accepts 3 different methods of payment: 1) Paypal, 2) US Bank Account and 3) Bitcoin. If you are on this channel and still desire to take out a membership for the current academic year by making a payment, please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

(membership@pactuminstitute.com)

The Chalcedon Crisis and Borders - Pactum Institute
https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-releases/the-chalcedon-crisis-and-borders

Press Release (12 May 2021)

Our latest press release:https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-releases/calvin-university-and-princeton-university-s-godless-anti-intellectualism

"Like Princeton University, another historically Presbyterian Institution which recently went as far as to remove the Greek and Latin requirements even for Classics majors in the name of combating “systemic racism”, Calvin University not only dumbs down their students to the point of not being able to read the Bible or most of the greatest theological and philosophical works in its original languages—something which had been expected of scholars for thousands of years—but it also continually indoctrinates its students with one of the most accursed ideologies ever known to mankind: Cultural Marxism, with the current “Black Lives Matter”-edition promoted by this very university being an extraordinarily bankrupt variant thereof."

We've just e-mailed the first quarterly report to all members of the Institute. Be sure to check your inbox for all the latest news and updates on the Institute's research and activities.

A short introduction on what the Pactum Institute is all about: https://rumble.com/vju9tf-pactum-institute-introduction.html

Herewith our latest press release:
"[T]hese procedures are evidence that the European Commission fundamentally misunderstands the nature of education, which it wrongly regards as the primary responsibility of a central international government (in this particular case Brussels), as opposed to the responsibility of the family. In this regard, this action of the European Commission fundamentally violates the principle of subsidiarity formally enshrined in Article 5(3) of the Treaty on European Union (also known as the Maastricht Treaty) and should therefore be rejected as illegal." https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-releases/children-s-right-to-christian-education-is-threatened-by-the-european-commission

In our first podcast, Dr. Schlebusch and Rev. McAtee discuss the role of theological and philosophical presuppositions as well as worldviews in shaping the theoretical framework for scientific investigation: https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts/pactum-podcast-20211-science-and-worldview

“A denial of the sovereignty of God in favor of the sovereignty of mankind, … a rationalist religion wrongly elevating man-made abstractions as truths supreme over the revelation of God … amount[s] to an anti-Christian infringement upon the natural rights, established socio-political relationships, and justice system rooted in a divinely-ordained social order … [It is] a path doomed to social disaster and political tyranny.”
From Dr. Adi Schlebusch’s 2020 publication, “Democrat or Traditionalist? The Epistemology behind Groen van Prinsterer’s Notion of Political Authority,” Journal for Christian Scholarship 56(3-4), p. 121.
For more information on the Pactum Institute, its research publications and on how to become part of this endeavour, please visit www.pactuminstitute.com.

Press Release: "The Pactum Institute and its members from across the globe express our great disappointment at the fact that what essentially amounts to pseudoscience is being openly promoted by such prominent figures in the World Health Organization" https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-releases/who-science-council-member-s-claim-which-puts-herd-immunity-threshold-for-covid-19-over-99999999999-is-scientifically-suspect?fbclid=IwAR2jX5XWRjChlClnd-eL8OgpuvlTudtYO9NfzOQFCpxKOiPl4eOF0-CbPEA

The Pactum Institute has just launched its new and exciting Research Assistance project:

If you or a family member are doing a research project for school, for university, for work or even for private purposes, we are here to help provide you with assistance in terms of the resources you need to counter Leftist views through rigorous scholarship. Our experienced scholars will provide you with the relevant information, sources, literature, as well as proofreading and editing services to ensure not only the academic integrity of your project (relevant to its desired level), but also that your project reflects a thoroughly Christian worldview.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/research-assistance

"Rushdoony explicitly systematised the intrinsic connection between postmillennialism and theonomy—the idea that Biblical Law should be the normative foundation for all politics and legislation. For Rushdoony ... the gospel conquering the world meant that every facet of human existence is to be brought under the Lordship of Christ ... His call to exercise dominion for Christ on a socio-political level is therefore rooted in a Christian worldview that is both historically and eschatologically driven."
- Schlebusch, J.A. The Political Eschatology of Groen van Prinsterer and its impact on Christian Conservatism in the USA. Litnet Akademies 16(3) 2019, p. 289.

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