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** No pretext, no cause whatsoever, can authorize re- bellion ; we must revere the appointment of heaven, and the character of the Most High, in all princes, whoever they may be ; since the most ^orious days of the Church represent them to us as sacred and inviolable, even in the persons of those who persecuted religion. ... In those cruel persecutions which she suffers without mur- muring during so many ages, combating for Jesus Christ, Digitized by Google 96 THE POPE. [book I.
I dare to say i...t, she does battle no less for the autho- rity of the princes by whom she iB persecnted. ... 1$ it not fighting for legitimate atUhority to st^er everything at its hmds without a murmur f"*' Bravo ! The last stroke particularly is admirable. But why should the great man refuse to transfer to the diyine monarchy those same maxims which he declared to be sacred and inyiolable in the temporal monarchy ? If any one had desired to assign limits to the power of the kin^ of France, had cited agsonst him certain ancient laws, had declared iliat men were, indeed, willing to obey him, but required that he should govern according to the laws, — how loudly would not the author (Bossuet) of "La Po- litique sacr^ " have exclaimed against such doctrine !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
** No pretext, no cause whatsoever, can authorize re- bellion ; we must revere the appointment of heaven, and the character of the Most High, in all princes, whoever they may be ; since the most ^orious days of the Church represent them to us as sacred and inviolable, even in the persons of those who persecuted religion. ... In those cruel persecutions which she suffers without mur- muring during so many ages, combating for Jesus Christ, Digitized by Google 96 THE POPE. [book I.
I dare to say i...t, she does battle no less for the autho- rity of the princes by whom she iB persecnted. ... 1$ it not fighting for legitimate atUhority to st^er everything at its hmds without a murmur f"*' Bravo ! The last stroke particularly is admirable. But why should the great man refuse to transfer to the diyine monarchy those same maxims which he declared to be sacred and inyiolable in the temporal monarchy ? If any one had desired to assign limits to the power of the kin^ of France, had cited agsonst him certain ancient laws, had declared iliat men were, indeed, willing to obey him, but required that he should govern according to the laws, — how loudly would not the author (Bossuet) of "La Po- litique sacr^ " have exclaimed against such doctrine !
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