Jerusalem; a Treatise on Ecclesiastical Authority and Judaism
by Moses Samuel
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ISBN13: 9780217853590
Paperback|9780217853590
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Section. II. Mr. Dohm's excellent work On the Civil Melioration of the Jews, occasioned the enquiry: How far may a colony be indulged in the administration of their own laws in ecclesiastical and civil matters, in genpral; and in the right of anathematizing and excommunicating, in particular ? Lawful gowerof the church?the right of anathematizing. If the colony have it at all, they must have been, as it were, enfeoffed with it, either by the state, or by the mother-church. Some one possessing those rights, in virtue of the social compact, must have given up, and transferred to them a certain portion thereof, so far as concerned themselves. But how is it if no one ever can possess such a right ? if no compulsory power in theological matters belong to the mother church herself, or to the state either if, according toreason, the divineness which we mustall acknowledge, neither the state nor the church are qualified to assume, in theological matters, any part but that of instructing; any power but that of persuading; any discipline but that of reason and principle. If this can be demonstrated, and rendered evident to the human understanding, no express covenant, and still less consuetude or prescription, are powerful enough to maintain a right that runs counter to reason; then all ecclesiastical restraint is unlawful, all external authority in theological matters, usurpation; and if it be so, the mother church neither can nor may bestow a right which does not belong to her herself, nor yet dispose of an authority which she has wrongly assumed. It may be, that, through some prevailing prejudice or other, abuses have so spread, so deeply rooted in the minds of men, that it would not be feasible or even advisable to abolish them at once, and without cautious preparation. But, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217853590 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217853595 |
| Weight | 0.60 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.41 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 178 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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