This is the first English translation of the most important work of political thought of the fifteenth century. The Catholic Concordance is the first major treatise to argue for consent through representative councils as a major prerequisite for legitimate law and government, and is the most learned and original work associated with the conciliar movement in the late medieval church. Cusa's arguments influenced such thinkers as Luther, Bruno and Locke, and Professor Sigmund's introduction places his work in its full historical and philosophical context.
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"...a worthy addition to this Cambridge series. He has provided a readable version of a difficult text with a concise and lucid introduction...The translation, of course, is the heart of the book. Sigmund's rendering of Cusanus' prose is clear, and his annotations usually are well crafted." The Catholic Historical Review
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1. The matters being debate by this holy Council of Basel - which might easily be considered novel by those who when doubts arise rely unquestioningly on modern writers - demand that we make known some of the learning of the ancient authors, long neglected by those who are experiencing our current difficulties, and that we demonstrate the superior qualities of our more enlightened forebears. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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1. The matters being debate by this holy Council of Basel - which might easily be considered novel by those who when doubts arise rely unquestioningly on modern writers - demand that we make known some of the learning of the ancient authors, long neglected by those who are experiencing our current difficulties, and that we demonstrate the superior qualities of our more enlightened forebears. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
patriarchal council, holy universal synod, universal council, conciliar supremacy, church sleeping, canonical precepts, seventh action, concordantia catholica, sixth action, whole synod, daily council, holy council, apostolic see, holy empire, holy emperors, other patriarchs, early church councils, same council, conciliar theory, sacred council, temporal possessions, fourth action, church triumphant, holy synod Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Council of Chalcedon, Holy Spirit, Pope Leo, Council of Toledo, Eighth Universal Council, Council of Nicaea, Pope Nicholas, Sixth Council, Council of Africa, Council of Carthage, Council of Sardica, Emperor Constantine, Council of Constance, False Decretal, Pope Damasus, Council of Ephesus, Pope Boniface, Pope Martin, New York, Pope Agatho, Pope Gelasius, Pope Gregory, Council of Rimini, Council of Turin, Pope Anacletus New!
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- Political Writings by Jean-Francois Lyotard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Natural Law (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory. Second Series) by Robert P. George in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Nicholas of Cusa: In Search of God and Wisdom : Essays in Honor of Morimichi Watanabe by the American Cusanus Society (Studies in the History of Chr) by Gerald Christianson in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Nicholas of Cusa: Selected Spiritual Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality) by Nicholas of Cusa in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Adam Ferguson in Back Matter
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- Nicholas of Cusa: A Medieval Thinker for the Modern Age (Waseda/Curzon International) by Kazuhiko Yamaki on page 57
- The Immanence of the Infinite: Hans Blumenberg and the Threshold to Modernity by Elizabeth Brient in Back Matter
- The Conciliarist Tradition: Constitutionalism in the Catholic Church 1300-1870 by Francis Oakley in Back Matter
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