Suárez’s reply to the condemnation of Defensio fidei by the Paris Parliament. Latin text, translation and critical annotation
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Defensio fidei’s parisian condemnation, Pope’s indirect political power, tyrannicideCopyright (c) 2020 Leopoldo José Prieto López

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Abstract
The article presents the latin text and a translation of Francisco Suárez’s reply to the condemnation of Defensio fidei by the Paris Parliament in 1614, as well as the Cardinal Belarmino’s theological censure of the Parisian decree of condemnation. Together with an initial justification of the need for such a work, the article concludes with some assessments of the fundamental topics that caused the Defensio fidei’s parisian condemnation: the doctrines of the Pope’s indirect political power and of the tyrannicide.
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