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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zu Deutschland LH 12, 3, 4
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M
infra citando cum devi consuetudinis circa va-
liditatem matrimoniorum dicetur, ex quibus haec
sententia nostra oberius confirmabitur. Imo et
iamsi poneremus, Ecclesiam voluisse adimere Prin-
cipibus potestatem legislatoriam super validitate
matrimoniorum, nondum tamen probatum est
id eam posse. Equidem quaestio omnium facile spino-
sissima est, de potestate Ecclesiae in principes seculares.)
Cardinalis Bellarminus, et si malerationem prae se
tulisset, neutri tamen parti satisfecit, cum enim
asseruisset, Potestatem eam non esse nisi indirectam,
reprehensus est a Pontifice Sixtov. Contra, quod
Ecclesiae ius dacet destituendi Principes seculares
absoluendi subilitos a fidelitatis saceamento, ferendi
leges etiam de rebus ciecilibus, quae aliqua conse-
quentia pertinerent ad sacras, a Guilielmo Barclaio,
a Fratre Paulo, aliisque refutatus est. hane rationes.
ejus non sunt omnino spernendae; meatamen sententia.
notius congruitatem quandam probant utilitatis
quam juris necessitatem. Quanquam enim fortasse boni
publici interesset, extare quandam velut Rempublicam
uniuersalem, quae Ecdlesia appelletur, in qua resideat
suprema quallam potestas in omnes Chritianos, cujus
autoritate impediantur bella inter Catholicos, et ipsi
princi–