Excerpt from The Regal Power of the Church, or the Fundamentals of the Canon Law: A Dissertation It is the King who will himself reign throughout all history on the thrones Of his representatives; it is he who in their persons will be acknowledged or rejected. In this way his empire will have an external and political Side. The proclamation of this kingdom was termed the Gospel, that is, the good news for man. The ministerial work of our Lord was one long pro clamation Of this kingdom.2 Nor is the originality of this work of Christ the least striking of its features. It is in fact unique. Mahomet copied it, and spoilt it; but Christ is absolutely original. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.