How did Jean Bodin feel about the papal authority over governments?
He fully supported it
He was critical of it
He was indifferent
He wanted to increase it
Answer
Bodin criticized papal authority over governments. He argued that the pope's authority extended only to spiritual matters, not temporal ones, and that governments were responsible for maintaining law and order within their own territories.
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