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100 1 _aGrotius, Hugo,
_d1583-1645
240 1 0 _aDe imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra. French
245 1 0 _aTraité du Pouvoir du Magistrat Politique sur les choses sacrées
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2005-02-04
508 _aProduced by Frank van Drogen, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)
520 _a"Traité du Pouvoir du Magistrat Politique sur les choses sacrées" by Hugo Grotius is a philosophical and political treatise written in the mid-17th century. This work explores the relationship between political authority and sacred matters, discussing the extent of the sovereign's power in matters of religion and morality. Grotius articulates the importance of the political magistrate's role in governing both the temporal and sacred domains, a reflection of the broader debates of his time regarding authority, governance, and the interplay of church and state. The opening of the treatise introduces its central theme: the power that a political magistrate holds over sacred matters. Grotius defines the role of the political magistrate, emphasizing that such authority, rooted in divine precedence, encompasses both civil governance and religious oversight. He contends that it is essential for a sovereign to maintain order in religion to ensure the well-being of the state and its populace. Grotius articulates how this idea is supported by historical and theological references, asserting that such dominion is not only rational but divinely sanctioned, thereby laying the groundwork for an extensive discussion on the intersection of secular power and religious obligation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChurch and state -- Early works to 1800
653 _aEcclesiastical law -- Early works to 1800
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14905
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