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A Politics Sourced in Holy Scripture? A Critical Examination of the Theories of Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet = = Une politique issue de la Sainte Ecriture? Un examen critique des theories de Mgr Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.

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Title/Author:	A Politics Sourced in Holy Scripture? A Critical Examination of the Theories of Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet =/
Reminder of title:	Une politique issue de la Sainte Ecriture? Un examen critique des theories de Mgr Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.
remainder title:	Politique issue de la Sainte Ecriture? Un examen critique des theories de Mgr Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.
Author:	Nilsen, Dennis Martin.
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A Politics Sourced in Holy Scripture? A Critical Examination of the Theories of Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet = = Une politique issue de la Sainte Ecriture? Un examen critique des theories de Mgr Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.
Nilsen, Dennis Martin.

A Politics Sourced in Holy Scripture? A Critical Examination of the Theories of Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet =Une politique issue de la Sainte Ecriture? Un examen critique des theories de Mgr Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.Politique issue de la Sainte Ecriture? Un examen critique des theories de Mgr Jacques-Benigne Bossuet. - 1 online resource (297 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-05, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704) advocated for an absolute monarchy based on a reading of Holy Scripture, being known principally for the Politique tiree des propres paroles de l'Ecriture sainte, written over the span of nearly twenty-five years. Academic interest in his work began to surface in the mid-nineteenth century and has continued to the present day, but it has been neither widespread nor critically accurate. All save one have approached his thinking from the point of view with the assumption that the modern liberal democratic regime morally surpasses all other forms of government, and that therefore the regime Bossuet proposed is immoral. Further, the very fact that he relied upon Holy Scripture as the sole necessary source for political principles only deepens such a condemnation. Such an ideologically biased approach cannot be accurate and therefore a fresh reading and critique is in order. The procedure for this dissertation is to present a detailed description of the contents of his three main works on politics-the Politique, the Cinquieme Avertissement contre les Protestants, and the Discours sur l'histoire universelle-interspersed with original comments on their sense and application. This is followed by a synthesis and analysis of his political theory along with a critical appraisal of the conclusions of the major Bossuet scholars. Last comes a summary chapter on the corpus of his political theory. Contrary to the majority view of his critics, the writings of Bishop Bossuet contain a coherent theory of government and argue persuasively for a monarchical form of government in which all executive, legislative and judicial powers are held by the single head of state. In such a state, further, he places a series of rights and responsibilities upon prince and people that are opposed to the commonly-accepted marks of governmental legitimacy: the people have no right of rebellion, the prince can be judged by no earthly court, all laws must be in accordance with either the Natural Law or the revealed Law of the New Testament, the ruler must be seen as God's representative on earth and must be given deference, respect and obedience as such. Lastly, and arguably most provocatively, he denies the historical existence of the so-called social contract, and instead considers sovereignty within a state not as an abstract power but as the descendent in history of that power possessed by the first man, Adam. This dissertation shows through a thorough reading and critique of the Politique, the Cinquieme Avertissement contre les Protestants and the Discours sur l'histoire universelle that Bishop Bossuet's theories on sovereignty, law, the purpose of the state, the relationship between the prince and God, and the place of charity in the political order possess not only an internal logic but are universally valid for all governments in all places and at all times. His reliance upon Holy Scripture does not prevent him from making a successful metaphysical argument against any political order which rejects a transcendental connection of the state with a higher power; in doing so, he shows that the collective people of a nation cannot be sovereign because the formative power of a people must necessarily exist outside of it and predate it in time. For these reasons, and because the majority of scholars on the subject have either misread his writings or rejected his positions, Bossuet's political theories demand renewed attention.

Electronic reproduction.
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ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780438637016Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Biblical studies.
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Absolute monarchyIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

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A Politics Sourced in Holy Scripture? A Critical Examination of the Theories of Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet = = Une politique issue de la Sainte Ecriture? Un examen critique des theories de Mgr Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.
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520 $a Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704) advocated for an absolute monarchy based on a reading of Holy Scripture, being known principally for the Politique tiree des propres paroles de l'Ecriture sainte, written over the span of nearly twenty-five years. Academic interest in his work began to surface in the mid-nineteenth century and has continued to the present day, but it has been neither widespread nor critically accurate. All save one have approached his thinking from the point of view with the assumption that the modern liberal democratic regime morally surpasses all other forms of government, and that therefore the regime Bossuet proposed is immoral. Further, the very fact that he relied upon Holy Scripture as the sole necessary source for political principles only deepens such a condemnation. Such an ideologically biased approach cannot be accurate and therefore a fresh reading and critique is in order. The procedure for this dissertation is to present a detailed description of the contents of his three main works on politics-the Politique, the Cinquieme Avertissement contre les Protestants, and the Discours sur l'histoire universelle-interspersed with original comments on their sense and application. This is followed by a synthesis and analysis of his political theory along with a critical appraisal of the conclusions of the major Bossuet scholars. Last comes a summary chapter on the corpus of his political theory. Contrary to the majority view of his critics, the writings of Bishop Bossuet contain a coherent theory of government and argue persuasively for a monarchical form of government in which all executive, legislative and judicial powers are held by the single head of state. In such a state, further, he places a series of rights and responsibilities upon prince and people that are opposed to the commonly-accepted marks of governmental legitimacy: the people have no right of rebellion, the prince can be judged by no earthly court, all laws must be in accordance with either the Natural Law or the revealed Law of the New Testament, the ruler must be seen as God's representative on earth and must be given deference, respect and obedience as such. Lastly, and arguably most provocatively, he denies the historical existence of the so-called social contract, and instead considers sovereignty within a state not as an abstract power but as the descendent in history of that power possessed by the first man, Adam. This dissertation shows through a thorough reading and critique of the Politique, the Cinquieme Avertissement contre les Protestants and the Discours sur l'histoire universelle that Bishop Bossuet's theories on sovereignty, law, the purpose of the state, the relationship between the prince and God, and the place of charity in the political order possess not only an internal logic but are universally valid for all governments in all places and at all times. His reliance upon Holy Scripture does not prevent him from making a successful metaphysical argument against any political order which rejects a transcendental connection of the state with a higher power; in doing so, he shows that the collective people of a nation cannot be sovereign because the formative power of a people must necessarily exist outside of it and predate it in time. For these reasons, and because the majority of scholars on the subject have either misread his writings or rejected his positions, Bossuet's political theories demand renewed attention.
520 $a Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704) plaide pour une monarchie absolue fondee sur une lecture de la Sainte Ecriture, connue principalement pour la Politique des propres paroles de l'Ecriture sainte, ecrite en pres de vingt-cinq ans. L'interet academique pour son travail a commence a apparaitre au milieu du XIXe siecle et s'est poursuivi jusqu'a nos jours, mais il n'a ete ni repandu ni d'une precision critique. Tous sauf un ont envisage sa pensee du point de vue avec l'hypothese que le regime democratique liberal moderne depasse moralement toutes les autres formes de gouvernement et que, par consequent, le regime propose par Bossuet est immoral. En outre, le fait meme qu'il se soit appuye sur les Saintes Ecritures en tant que source unique de principes politiques ne fait qu'aggraver une telle condamnation. Une telle approche ideologiquement biaisee ne peut etre exacte et, par consequent, une nouvelle lecture et une critique sont en ordre. La procedure pour cette these est de presenter une description detaillee du contenu de ses trois principaux ouvrages sur la politique-la Politique, le Cinquieme Avertissement contre les protestants et le Discours sur l'histoire universelle-entrecoupes de commentaires originaux sur leur sens et leur application. Vient ensuite une synthese et une analyse de sa theorie politique ainsi qu'une evaluation critique des conclusions des principaux chercheurs de Bossuet. Le dernier vient un chapitre sommaire sur le corpus de sa theorie politique.Contrairement a l'opinion majoritaire de ses detracteurs, les ecrits de Mgr Bossuet contiennent une theorie coherente du gouvernement et plaident de maniere convaincante pour une forme de gouvernement monarchique dans laquelle tous les pouvoirs executifs, legislatifs et judiciaires sont detenus par le seul chef de l'Etat. Dans un tel etat, en outre, qu'il place une serie de droits et de responsabilites sur le prince et le peuple opposes aux marques communement acceptees de la legitimite gouvernementale: le peuple n'a aucun droit de rebellion, le prince ne peut etre juge par aucun tribunal etre conforme a la loi naturelle ou a la loi revelee du Nouveau Testament, le dirigeant doit etre considere comme le representant de Dieu sur la terre et doit recevoir deference, respect et obeissance en tant que tels. Enfin, et sans doute le plus provocateur, il nie l'existence historique du soi-disant contrat social et considere plutot la souverainete dans un Etat non pas comme un pouvoir abstrait, mais comme le descendant de l'histoire du premier homme, Adam. Cette these montre, a travers une lecture et une critique approfondies de la politique, de la Cinquieme Avertissement contre les protestants et du Discours sur l'histoire universelle, les theories de Mgr Bossuet sur la souverainete, le droit, le but de l'Etat, la relation entre le prince et Dieu, et la place de la charite dans l'ordre politique ne possede pas seulement une logique interne, mais est universellement valable pour tous les gouvernements, partout et a tout moment. Son recours a la Sainte Ecriture ne l'empeche pas de faire valoir avec succes un argument metaphysique contre tout ordre politique qui rejette un lien transcendantal de l'Etat avec une puissance superieure; Ce faisant, il montre que le peuple collectif d'une nation ne peut pas etre souverain parce que le pouvoir de formation d'un peuple doit necessairement exister en dehors de celui-ci et l'etre avant le temps. Pour ces raisons, et parce que la majorite des chercheurs sur le sujet ont soit mal interprete ses ecrits, soit rejete ses positions, les theories politiques de Bossuet exigent une attention renouvelee.
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