What he was doing was to deprive the priesthood of claims to supernatural authority that he might vindicate for civil government the right to preserve itself not less against persons in ecclesiastical office than against civil assailants.
Laski discusses the implications of denying supernatural authority for the priesthood in favor of civil governance.
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