Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power
Publisher: Sophia Perennis
Published: June 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780900588464
Subjects: Christian spirituality; Comparative Religion; Religious aspects; Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Temporal power of religious rulers; Spirituality - General; Philosophy; Philosophy / Eastern; Religion / Comparative Religion; Authority; Religion and state; Temporal power of religious ru
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.