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Published: 2016-06-30

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9781333006594

Excerpt from The Dublin Review, Vol. 26: July October, 1891 It would be an error to regard the momentous change thus effected in 1535 as being of sudden incidence. The contest between the Papal power and the regal power had been waged, with longer or briefer truces, from the days of the Norman conquest]l One of its acutest phases was in the reign of the Second Henry, on whose behalf we find claims made anticipating, by nearly four hundred years, the pretensions successfully vindi cated by the Eighth. Reginald fitzurse, when he was disputing with Becket, just before the murder, asked him from whom he had the archbishopric? Thomas replied, The spirituals I have from God and my lord the Pope the temporals and possessions from my lord the king. Do you not, asked Reginald, acknowledge that you hold the whole from the king? No, was the prelate's answer. We have. To render the king the things that are the king's, and to God the things that are God' s.' The words of the Archbishop, writes Bishop Stubbs, embody the commonly received idea; the words of Reginald, although they do not represent the theory of Henry II., contain the germ of the doctrine which was formulated under Henry VIII a doctrine, it may be observed, set forth in the new form of the Oath of Homage prescribed by that monarch for his bishops: I acknowledge that I hold the said bishopric, as well the spiritualities as the temporalities thereof, only of your Majesty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.