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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes: resumen de Part 63

Part 63 de 65 · Part 4: Of the Kingdom of Darkness · 5 min para leer el part

In Who the Authors of Spiritual Darkness Are, Hobbes identifies religious authorities who profit from mistaken teaching and blames sovereigns who permit their encroachments. He traces church power through three stages, explains their reversal in England, and supports freedom of conscience when it avoids faction and personal allegiance.

Qué sucede

  1. The test of who benefits identifies the Pope, Roman clergy, and supporters of earthly divine government as sources of spiritual darkness.
  2. Christian sovereigns share responsibility because they permit teachings that undermine their authority before popular support makes resistance ineffective.
  3. Clerical power grows through presbyterial discipline, episcopal authority, and the Bishop of Rome’s supremacy, forming three successive restraints on Christian liberty.
  4. In England, Queen Elizabeth removes papal power, Presbyterians abolish episcopacy, and Presbyterian authority also falls.
  5. Hobbes conditionally favors independent belief and urges religious teachers to earn authority through virtue rather than deception or suppressed knowledge.

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