Project Gutenberg 2005-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 116 Grotius, Hugo 1583 1645 Groot, Hugo de De Groot, Hugo De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra. French Traité du Pouvoir du Magistrat Politique sur les choses sacrées Produced by Frank van Drogen, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Traité du Pouvoir du Magistrat Politique sur les choses sacrées" by Hugo Grotius is a philosophical and political treatise written in the mid-17th century. This work explores the relationship between political authority and sacred matters, discussing the extent of the sovereign's power in matters of religion and morality. Grotius articulates the importance of the political magistrate's role in governing both the temporal and sacred domains, a reflection of the broader debates of his time regarding authority, governance, and the interplay of church and state. The opening of the treatise introduces its central theme: the power that a political magistrate holds over sacred matters. Grotius defines the role of the political magistrate, emphasizing that such authority, rooted in divine precedence, encompasses both civil governance and religious oversight. He contends that it is essential for a sovereign to maintain order in religion to ensure the well-being of the state and its populace. Grotius articulates how this idea is supported by historical and theological references, asserting that such dominion is not only rational but divinely sanctioned, thereby laying the groundwork for an extensive discussion on the intersection of secular power and religious obligation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Church and state -- Early works to 1800 Ecclesiastical law -- Early works to 1800 KBR Text FR Politique Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality Category: Politics 562527 2025-07-06T11:36:44.954746 text/html 562348 2025-01-14T20:00:09.459338 text/html 292069 2025-07-06T11:36:53.093741 application/epub+zip 299662 2025-07-06T11:36:48.482689 application/epub+zip 276145 2025-07-06T11:36:47.241704 application/epub+zip 631004 2025-07-06T11:36:56.750670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609168 2025-07-06T11:36:52.287708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564812 2022-09-07T18:54:51.704873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532434 2025-07-06T11:36:44.582750 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 517219 2020-12-19T09:40:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20024 2025-07-06T11:36:57.147646 application/rdf+xml 25413 2025-07-06T11:36:47.727718 image/jpeg 4948 2025-07-06T11:36:47.481739 image/jpeg 190262 2020-12-19T09:40:37 application/octet-stream application/zip 291668 2025-07-06T11:36:44.996768 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia