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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zu Deutschland LH 12, 3, 4
# Folio 22r, page id 00068778:0043
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mare Cardinalis multis rationibus, quarum vis omnis
atque nervus huc redit: primo, quod imperator et
imperium non potuerint sua concessione alios quam
ciuiles effectus producere; in Ecdlesiasticis enim
jus ipsis esse nullum ;itaque imperatorem tantum
jurisdictioni Ecclesiasticae brachium seculare sub-
traxisse, et Protestantium liberos ex talibus ma-
trimonus natos, reneca ex Canonico jureille
gitimos, ad ferula aliaque jura rehabilitasse,
atque legitimos reddidisse; neque id mirum
aut principibus indignum videri debere
nam et Principum infidelium matrimonia ci-
hiliter legitima esse, liberis que eorum honores
debitos haberi, etsi matrimonia eorum non pos-
sint haberi pro matrimoniis, Christiano ritu le-
vim
gitimis, saciamenti vini habentibus. Et con-
firmari potest haec distinctio modo illo loquendi
jurisconsultorum Romanorum, qui ajebant,
patriam potestatem ese nonjuris gentium
sed juris ciuilis Romani; non quod negarent
apud alias gentes esse patrum in liberos potesta-
tem, sed quod illam Romanis peculiarem ex pe-
culiari fonte fluxisse, et singulares effectus
producere assererent; quemadmoium interpretatur
impe-