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    The problem of dual allegiances to divine and civil autho... — Carmelics
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    The problem of dual allegiances to divine and civil authority is overcome

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    • 1.Divine and civil authority converge in the form of the sovereign
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    • 2.The sovereign is the sole civil and religious authority
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    • 1.Locke demonstrates that political authority derives from consent over temporal goods, while religious authority governs the soul—these remain structurally distinct domains.
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    • 2.Collapsing divine and civil authority into a single sovereign merely relocates the dual allegiance problem rather than dissolving it, as Hobbes's Leviathan itself illustrates.
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    • 1.Historical Reformed and Catholic traditions both maintained that divine law binds conscience independently of sovereign decree, as evidenced by martyrdom traditions across centuries.
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    • 2.A sovereign who commands both civil and religious obedience generates intensified conflict when subjects perceive the sovereign's religious edicts as doctrinally erroneous or corrupt.
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    However, since Scripture does have a positive socio-political function in promoting justice and charity, one might wonder how much authority the clergy has in public matters. Spinoza’s response is that “authority in sacred matters belongs wholly to the sovereign powers ” (Ch. 19, title). Like Hobbes, he embraces the Erastian position that religious law is realized through the will of the civil authority (TTP, Ch. 19). The crux of the single authority thesis is this: the sovereign is the sole ci
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