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In part two of the Ius Publicum Europeaum Series, I am once again joined by our new political theory cohost, Merctores to discuss the fruits of Hugo Grotius’s labors that gave life to European public law and the rise of the nation state: the Peace of Westphalia. 
It is in this peace that the European consensus was cemented for 300 years, with empires being outsourced to possessions overseas, and the German people never truly recovering from the war that begged for this peace in the first place: the Thirty Years War. 
With the exception of somewhat grander conflicts like the Nine Years War and Seven Years War, the consensus of Ius Publicum Europeaum was maintained amidst the many punitive wars that it permitted from its inception. 
This status quo however would receive its first major threat and test in the form of the French Revolution and its consequences. 
The Blood & Rain Podcast
Episode 88 
“Ius Publicum Europeaum Part 2” 
Featuring: Mercatores 
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The Son of God and Son of man has not only given humanity the opportunity for salvation of the soul, but He has called upon us in the material to act in accordance with our prayers on the road to Salvation. 
God saw it necessary to make material our Salvation by becoming flesh, and it is in a material world where the fruits of our Faith are visible through our demeanor reflecting theosis or through our deeds.
I’m joined by Prismatic Orthodox to discuss prayer and it’s lack of fruits when not coupled with action in his beautifully spoken understanding of synergy in the Orthodox Faith.
The Blood & Rain Podcast
Episode 87 
“No Prayer Without Action”
Featuring: Prismatic Orthodox
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For the first time on Blood & Rain, we have a co-host, a member of the Anti-Fragile Athletes and aspiring professor from the Netherlands, Adam who will go by the moniker, “Mercatores.” 
After two years of fascination with political theory, Mercatores will be my bi-weekly partner in crime on Blood & Rain when discussing various topics of political theory we both find a fascination in studying. 
The first of these episodes is regarding the work of Hugo Grotius, who was called by King Henry IV, “the miracle of Holland.” Grotius was a lawyer, jurist, professor, and political theorist whose key texts laid the groundwork for the Peace of Westphalia, European Public Law or “Ius Publicum Europeaum,” and the dawn of true mercantilism. 
In this part one episode, we chronicle the early life of Grotius, his influences from Spain in Francisco Vittoria and Francisco Suarez, his magnum opus, and the peace of Westphalia. 
In part two, we will discuss the impact of Westphalia upon the next 300 years and its influences on Nuremberg which dictates the order of the world today. 
The Blood & Rain Podcast 
Episode 86:
“Ius Publicum Europeaum Pt 1”
Featuring: Mercatores 
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The “Zillennials”and an intense Generation Z contingent displays the opposite behavior and sentiments of the Millennial and Generation Z majority. 
Within the context of America and Europe’s fracturing hold that has lasted since Nuremberg, the vacuum to come will likely be filled by the aforementioned faction with the backing of their fringe Generation X counterparts. 
The question is how much pain it will take to push through. 
The Blood & Rain Podcast
Episode 85: Gen Z Vanguard
Featuring: J. Burden 

The DR’s resident geopolitical analyst, The Prudentialist joins me to discuss how he got into geopolitics, his view on the current American situation both domestically and internationally, his conversion to Orthodox Christianity, his views on the necessary steps for Orthodox expansion in America, and his recent article on “re-enchantment” of the West. 

In the midst of Orthodox Lent, I’m joined by the Instagram “DR Sphere” favorite, Principality of Spirit to discuss the importance of Orthodox laymen studying political theory and Orthodox political theory.