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The contest, therefore, between the Crown and the Church was a mere bickering between two bodies, without any essential antagonism between them, as to how far the administration of either reached; neither dreamed of subordinating one to the other, far less of extinguishing one by the other. THE CONTEST THEREFORE BETWEEN THE CROWN AND THE CHURCH WAS A MERE BICKERING BETWEEN TWO BODIES WITHOUT ANY ESSENTIAL ANTAGONISM BETWEEN THEM AS TO HOW FAR THE ADMINISTRATION OF EITHER REACHED NEITHER DREAMED OF SUBORDINATING ONE TO THE OTHER FAR LESS OF EXTINGUISHING ONE BY THE OTHER
r by the people that he would probably have been canonized informally by them if the holy seat at Rome had refused to do so. The second thing to be noted about the dispute is this, that it was no contest of principle. According to the mediæval theory of life and religion, the Church and the State were one in essence, and but separate manifestations of the Kingdom of God upon earth, which was part of the Kingdom of God in heaven. The king was an officer of that realm and a liegeman of God. The doctor of laws and the doctor of physic partook in a degree of the priestly character. On the other hand, the Church was not withdrawn from the every-day life of men; the division into a worldly and spiritual life, neither of which had much to do with the other, was a creation of the protestantism of the Reformation, and had no place in the practice at least of the mediæval Church, which we cannot too carefully remember is little more represented by modern Catholicism than by modern Protestantism. AS HELD SO DEAR BY THE PEOPLE THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN CANONIZED INFORMALLY BY THEM IF THE HOLY SEAT AT ROME HAD REFUSED TO DO SO THE SECOND THING TO BE NOTED ABOUT THE DISPUTE IS THIS THAT IT WAS NO CONTEST OF PRINCIPLE ACCORDING TO THE MEDIAEVAL THEORY OF LIFE AND RELIGION THE CHURCH AND THE STATE WERE ONE IN ESSENCE AND BUT SEPARATE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD UPON EARTH WHICH WAS PART OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN HEAVEN THE KING WAS AN OFFICER OF THAT REALM AND A LIEGE MAN OF GOD THE DOCTOR OF LAWS AND THE DOCTOR OF PHYSIC PARTOOK IN A DEGREE OF THE PRIESTLY CHARACTER ON THE OTHER HAND THE CHURCH WAS NOT WITHDRAWN FROM THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF MEN THE DIVISION INTO A WORLDLY AND SPIRITUAL LIFE NEITHER OF WHICH HAD MUCH TO DO WITH THE OTHER WAS A CREATION OF THE PROTESTANTISM OF THE REFORMATION AND HAD NO PLACE IN THE PRACTICE AT LEAST OF THE MEDIAEVAL CHURCH WHICH WE CANNOT TOO CAREFULLY REMEMBER IS LITTLE MORE REPRESENTED BY MODERN CATHOLICISM THAN BY MODERN PROTESTANTISM
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