A Lecture On The Mixture Of Civil And Ecclesiastical Power

Author : George Barrell Cheever
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364379233
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book The Hierarchical Despotism written by George Barrell Cheever and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Hierarchical Despotism: Lectures on the Mixture of Civil and Ecclesiastical Power in the Governments of the Middle Ages; In Illustration of the Nature and Progress of Despotism in the Romish Church Civil and Ecclesiastical Power in the Governments of the Mid dle Ages. Under this plausible and captivating title the reader finds a bold, unflinching apology for the Papacy, with the start ling proposition that it is to the Despotism of the Papacy in the middle ages that we owe the preservation of Christianity, and the possession of all our civil freedom. I do not give the words, but the amount of his assertions. The lecture was exceedingly able in point of style and scholarship, and mingled with very plausible admissions as to the errors of the Papacy; which cir cumstances render it so much the more important to put the affirmations of the Lecturer in their true light, and especially to show that the Romish Church, instead of disavowing the union of Church and State, constitutes in herself the very essence of such union. Her heart in Italy is such a union; the Pope's temporal sovereignty constitutes the left ventricle, his spiritual supremacy the right; and through these two systems pours the life -blood of the Romish Church to the world's extremities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.