francis schaeffer on democracy

Schaeffer writes:

Democracy, freedom without chaos, as we know it in northern Europe, was built on the Reformation and it has not existed anywhere else, and this included the small city states in Greece long ago. This cannot be built or last long without the position outlined in Samuel Rutherford's Lex Rex. When one removes the Bible in which God has spoken propositionally and the resulting Christian consensus, freedom without chaos will not long remain. It can't. Something will take its place, and it will be one of the elites.

Back to Freedom and Dignity in The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer. Vol. 1. A Christian View of Philosophy and Culture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. 1982, p. 379.