[BOOK III.]

WHETHER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MONARCH COMES DIRECTLY
FROM GOD, OR FROM SOME VICAR OF GOD?

CHAP.PAGE
[I.]—Introduction[256]
[II.]—God wills not that which is repugnant to the intention of Nature[257]
[III.]—Of the three classes of our opponents, and of the too great authority which many ascribe to tradition[259]
[IV.]—The argument drawn by our opponents from the sun and the moon[264]
[V.]—The argument drawn from the precedence of Levi over Judah[270]
[VI.]—The argument drawn from the crowning and deposition of Saul by Samuel[271]
[VII.]—The argument drawn from the oblation of the Magi[273]
[VIII.]—The argument drawn from the power of the keys given to Peter[275]
[IX.]—The argument drawn from the two swords[278]
[X.]—The argument drawn from the donation of Constantine[282]
[XI.]—The argument drawn from the summoning of Charles the Great by Pope Hadrian[287]
[XII.]—The argument drawn from reason[288]
[XIII.]—The authority of the Church is not the cause of the authority of the Empire[291]
[XIV.]—The Church has power to bestow such authority neither from God, nor from itself, nor from any emperor[294]
[XV.]—The power of giving authority to the Empire is against the nature of the Church[297]
[XVI.]—The authority of the Empire comes directly from God[299]

CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.


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May, 1885.

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