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    It is not the case that The problem of dual allegiances to divine and civil authority is overcome

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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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    Reasons Against

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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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