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Entry: Benedict on the Border--A Showdown over Church and Nation-State Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/benedict_on_the_border_a_showdown_of_church_and_nation_state#24868 Post contents: "I do strongly disagree with Mr. Zmirak’s assertion that the “Westphalian” doctrine of national state sovereignty implies that the state could “own” the individual “body and soul.”" Boom: Cuius regnum, eius religio. Hence, the Treaty of Westphalia subjected the religion (i.e. the souls) of citizens to the whims of their rulers. And England was a fiefdom of the Papacy under Pope Innocent III, so as feudal overlord he had a say in what happened in the country, even if he did not hold that capacity as Pope. Sent at: 2008 07 06