A Secret Papal Brief on Tyrannicide during the Counterreformation
A recent article on tyrannicide in an authoritative Catholic reference work states that there exist few official pronouncements of the Church on this controversial subject2. The only ruling on the legitimacy of putting to death a tyrannical ruler mentioned is the highly ambiguous decree of the Counc...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[1957]
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Church history
Year: 1957, Volume: 26, Pages: 319-324 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance |
| Further subjects: | B
Päpstliche Verlautbarung
B papal statement B Modern Era B Früh B Tyrannicide B Early B Modern age B Tyrannentötung |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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