 | John Milton (December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674) on Religious Powers and The State(published by RevoltSource) |
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English Poet and Intellectual who Served as a Civil Servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and Later under Oliver Cromwell
: An English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #10 on Religious Struggle Quotes >> Religious Powers and The State
“...it is unlawful for the civil magistrate to use force in matters of religion... as a civil magistrate he hath no right.”
Source: "A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes," by John Milton, first published in 1659.
"A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes," by John Milton, first published in 1659.
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