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Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
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each, state paid by the public, not only on the way there and on the way back, but also during the time of their residence and administration of their office. What authority & power do the Presidents & Counselors hold sent to the Provinces. CHAP. XII. FIRST the Councilors & Presidents have the power to judge in the last resort, of both civil and criminal causes, except for crimes against the Majesty, & attacks against the Prince & the State, of which only they must inform, instruct the trial, & send it to the Senate. They moreover have power over all other inferior Magistrates, either to suspend them, depose them, or punish them, & police the Province. In great measure they have regard for the Ecclesiastics in what concerns the policing & morals, even condemning them to all penalties if they allow themselves to sink into vices. For in this kingdom, the church has no right from temporal justice, no more than the Levites among the Jews,[2] |
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1. Page 43 and 47 have the same mis-print indicating "First Book" instead of "Second Book".
2. The meaning here appears to be that church is subject to the same laws as everyone else in the kingdom. SEE Numbers, 1-5 and Exodus 18:1-27 for demostrating some degree of separation between church and state in the Old Testament. This also gives evidence that the author's favored the Gallic Church, where the top bishop in the country would be the head of the National Church, yet subjectto the King and or civil power. |