Quote#Politics & Power
... the medieval mind conceived of its universal Church-State, with…
Quote byNeville Figgis · 1866–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lecture III. Luther and Machiavelli, p. 62.
English (original)
... the medieval mind conceived of its universal Church-State, with power ultimately fixed in the Spiritual head bounded by no territorial frontier; the Protestant mind places all ecclesiastical authority below the jurisdiction and subject to the control of the "Godly prince," who is omnipotent in his own dominion.
— Neville Figgis
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