That theory, which was the main weapon of the early secular state against the pretensions of Rome, must naturally have commanded the allegiance of members of a church which James I, its main exponent, had declared of vital import to his very existence.
Laski discusses the historical context of the secular state's opposition to Rome, illustrating the intertwining of church and state in political discourse.
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