Political Science · Western Political Thought
Who is credited with formulating a principle of medieval Secularism?
AMarsilius of Padua ✓ Correct
BBaruch Spinoza
CThomas Aquinas
DMachiavelli
Correct answer: (A) Marsilius of Padua — Marsilius of Padua is credited with a principle of medieval secularism.
Explanation
★Marsilius of Padua is credited with a principle of medieval secularism.
★He lived from about 1275 to 1342 and wrote Defensor Pacis, The Defender of Peace.
★There he argued for separating temporal power, the king, from spiritual power, the church.
★He held that the church should have no coercive authority over civil affairs.
★Real political authority, he said, rests with the people and the secular ruler.
★Thomas Aquinas, by contrast, integrated faith and reason in a Christian framework.
★So the early case for a secular state belongs to Marsilius of Padua.
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