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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zu Deutschland LH 12, 3, 4
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quddam pietate atque reuerentia concedentium voluntate
octum habet. Sane constat, maximam imperatorum Chri-
stianorum veterum in dericos, et ipsum Pontificem
Romanum suisse potestatem, habitosque fuisse pro subdli-
tis sine exceptione; prinilegia et exemtiones cleri
ferea Francorum et Germanorum Regum et aliorum
recens conuersorum Septentrionis populorum pietate
profecta esse: quae cum sint ab aliis Catholicis viris
doctrina praestantibus prolixe et irre fragabiliter
stabilita, repetere mutile foret, Quod autem jus Ecle-
siae in causis matrimonialibus inter precaria jura
referendum sit, infra pluribus ostenitam. Unde sequi-
tur, id esse Ecclesiae jus ratione Protestantium ab Impe-
ratore ex necessitate quodam suisse sublatum: non tan-
tum quoad ejus juris executionem per brachium
seculare; sed etiam quoad ipsam jurisdictionis radli-
cem ad actuum contrariorum validitatem. Quia
scilicet ostendimus, et pluribus ostendemus, omperato-
rem id facere potuisse; quare, cum et voluerit, ut su-
pra diximus, fecisse non est dubitandum.
objiciet aliquis: semper in obscuris quod mini-
mum est sequimas, et odia sunt restringenda, fano-
res ampliandi: odiosa autem est ista jurisdictionis
Ecclesiasticae restrictio, ideo non est censendus Im-
perator voluisse contra juri dictionem Ecclesiasti-
cam in fauorem Protestantium facere, quantum
potuit