Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power (Guenon, Rene. Works.)
Publisher: Sophia Perennis
Published: June 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780900588471
Subjects: Christian life & practice; Religious & spiritual leaders; Religion - Christian Living; Leadership; Religion - Christian Life; Temporal power of religious rulers; Religion; Temporal power of religious ru; Religion and state; Christian Life - General; Religion / Church & State; Christianity - Christian Life - General; Authority; Religious aspects
First sentence: THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS AGES of history, and even well before what are conventionally known as historical times, we find (as far as the concordant evidence of oral and written tradition permits) clues of a frequent opposition between the representatives of two powers, one spiritual and the other temporal.