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Cardinal Bellarmine
In Christian belief, Christ is the son of God. Hobbes repeatedly refers to Christ in Leviathan, and he maintains that Christ, through the power of God, will serve as the sovereign of God’s Kingdome on Earth. Christ sacrificed himself to redeem the sins of humankind, but upon Christ’s second coming, Hobbes contends that all Christians must again repent to be redeemed and saved. According to Holy Scripture, Christ held three official offices: Savior, Counselor, and eternal King. While Christ is to be King, his power will still remain second to God. Christ was sent to the Jews to convince them to accept God and follow him, and Hobbes argues that Christ will come again. Upon Christ’s second coming and Judgement Day, those who are saved will enter into God’s Kingdome and eternal life, provided they accept Christ as their King, which Hobbes contends is the only thing necessary for entrance into God’s Kingdome.
Christ Quotes in Leviathan
The Leviathan quotes below are all either spoken by Christ or refer to Christ. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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For the Thought of the warre, introduced the Thought of delivering up the King to his Enemies; The Thought of that, brought in the Thought of the delivering up of Christ; and that again the Thought of 30 pence, which was the price of that treason: and thence easily followed that malicious question; and all this in a moment of time; for Thought is quick.
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Chapter 5
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And words whereby we conceive nothing but the sound, are those we call Absurd, Insignificant, and Non-sense. And therefore if a man should talk to me of a round Quadrangle; or accidents of Bread in Cheese; or Immateriall Substances; or of A free Subject; A free-Will; or any Free, but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in an Errour; but that his words were without meaning; that is to say, Absurd.
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Chapter 12
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For who is there that does not see, to whose benefit it conduceth, to have it believed, that a King hath not his Authority from Christ, unlesse a Bishop crown him? That a King, if he be a Priest, cannot Marry? That whether a Prince be born in lawfull Marriage, or not, must be judged by Authority from Rome? That Subjects may be freed from their Alleageance, if by the Court of Rome, the King be judged a Heretique? That a King (as Chilperique of France) may be deposed by a Pope (as Pope Zachary,) for no cause; and his Kingdome given to one of his Subjects?
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Christ Quotes in Leviathan
The Leviathan quotes below are all either spoken by Christ or refer to Christ. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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For the Thought of the warre, introduced the Thought of delivering up the King to his Enemies; The Thought of that, brought in the Thought of the delivering up of Christ; and that again the Thought of 30 pence, which was the price of that treason: and thence easily followed that malicious question; and all this in a moment of time; for Thought is quick.
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Chapter 5
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And words whereby we conceive nothing but the sound, are those we call Absurd, Insignificant, and Non-sense. And therefore if a man should talk to me of a round Quadrangle; or accidents of Bread in Cheese; or Immateriall Substances; or of A free Subject; A free-Will; or any Free, but free from being hindered by opposition, I should not say he were in an Errour; but that his words were without meaning; that is to say, Absurd.
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Chapter 12
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For who is there that does not see, to whose benefit it conduceth, to have it believed, that a King hath not his Authority from Christ, unlesse a Bishop crown him? That a King, if he be a Priest, cannot Marry? That whether a Prince be born in lawfull Marriage, or not, must be judged by Authority from Rome? That Subjects may be freed from their Alleageance, if by the Court of Rome, the King be judged a Heretique? That a King (as Chilperique of France) may be deposed by a Pope (as Pope Zachary,) for no cause; and his Kingdome given to one of his Subjects?
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