"Sanctuary: This issue was an early one in that conflict between Church and state which was to dominate Western history for centuries and shape much of the new civilization." (p. 520)
This is one of the Andersons' notes to Chapter XVIII. In that chapter, Corentinus says that, if a bishop has freedom to use his own judgement in every sanctuary case, then:
"'It sets the Church above the state: as is fit and proper, of course.'" (2, p. 360)
No, Corentinus. You need to have some experience of a society where Christianity is just one religion. Church-state separation is necessary and is what we maybe learned from that Medieval Church-state conflict which is central to the culminating section of Poul Anderson's The Shield of Time.
("Church and state, greed and hate" comes from Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley.)
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Kaor, Paul!
And the pendulum has gone too far in the other direction these days, with leftists using the State to harass or meddle with religious believers in the US. A recent scandal this year was the revelation the FBI was spying on Catholics, including at Masses. The "criminals" being "investigated" were orthodox, conservative Catholics.
Director Wray, in his "testimony" about this violation of freedom of religion before the GOP led House Oversight committee, was as evasive and uncooperative as he could be.
Ad astra! Sean
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