De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra / Hugo Grotius ; critical edition with introduction, English translation and commentary by Harm-Jan Van Dam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.

Contributor:

Dam, Harm-Jan van, 1948-

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian thought ; v. 102.

Studies in the history of Christian thought ; v. 102

Standardized Title:

De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Church and state--Early works to 1800.

Church and state.

Ecclesiastical law--Early works to 1800.

Ecclesiastical law.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xiii, 1103 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Tractatus de iure magistratuum circa ecclesiastica.

Treatise about the right of magistrates in ecclesiastical matters.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Language Note:

Texts in Latin and English on opposite pages; preface, introduction and commentary in English.

Summary:

This first critical edition of Hugo Grotius' most important work on church and state is based on manuscript evidence, and offers a completely new text, an extensive introduction, an English translation, a commentary, and an appendix of other relevant texts.

Notes:

English title of the De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra: The authority of the supreme powers in matters of religion.

"Appendix I: Tractatus de iure magistratuum circa ecclesiastica = A treatise about the right of magistrates in ecclesiastical matters": vol. 2, p. [884]-889.

"The Tractatus [de iure magistratuum circa ecclesiastica] is not published in this edition ... Introduction is included in the appendices ... ".--Vol. 1, p. 46.

Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages [1017]-1051) and indexes.

Contains:

Authority of the supreme powers in matters of religion.

ISBN:

9004120270

9004124640

9004124659

OCLC:

48519020