Part III, Chapter 33
On the number, antiquity, scope, and authority of the books of scripture - sovereign determines canon.
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From Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes subordinates ecclesiastical to civil power, interprets scripture to support sovereign authority, and attacks priestly pretensions to independent power.
Part III, Chapter 42
Lengthy treatment of ecclesiastical power arguing pastors derive authority from the sovereign; rejects papal supremacy.
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Naturalistic account of religion's origin in ignorance of causes, fear of invisible powers, and taking things casual for prognostics.
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