Abstract
Suarez and Bellarmine viewed both Church and state not just as coercive authorities but as coercive teachers. Legal direction and punishment, in their view, is importantly educative in function. This theory of the Church as a coercive teacher was founded on the scriptural idea of the bishop as a shepherd. Thomas Hobbes used Leviathan to oppose their idea of coercion as directly educative, and thereby initiated a profound change in conceptions of coercion and the state.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Legge e Natura |
| Subtitle of host publication | I dibattiti teologici e giuridici fra XV e XVII secolo |
| Editors | Riccardo Saccenti, Cinzia Sulas |
| Place of Publication | Ariccia |
| Publisher | Aracne Editrice |
| Pages | 287 |
| Number of pages | 332 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-88-548-8169-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Canon Law, Philosophy of Law, Thomas Hobbes, Francisco Suarez, Robert Bellarmine, Religious liberty, Coercion, the State