Is the Pope Independent?

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Excerpt from Is the Pope Independent?: Or Outlines of the Roman Question Temporal dominion does not add to the spiritual power of the Papacy - Temporal Power impossible in the beginning of the Church's history - Reasons - Society was organized on a heathen basis - The Church claims no authority over infidels - The task of the Primitive Church, to make the Christian ideal live in the hearts of the people - The dawn of freedom in the edict of Milan A. D. 313 - The translation of the seat of Empire and its consequences - The barbarian invasions of Rome described by Newman - The Popes the only protectors of the people - Sovereignty thrust upon them - Historical view supported by Gibbon, Dollinger, Guizot. Temporal sovereignty is not necessary for the existence of the Church, nor does its absence diminish by one tittle the spiritual jurisdiction of the Vicar of Christ over the Universal Church. The early Popes, like the rest of Christians, were regarded as subjects of the Roman Empire, and they obeyed its laws in all that was not sin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.