[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.
Bedford Street, Strand, London, W.C.
May, 1885.
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