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Re: Nova Scriptio [was: Novus; was; capitolisation]

From:Barbara Barrett <barbarabarrett@...>
Date:Saturday, June 5, 2004, 10:19
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From: "John Leland" <Lelandconlang@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CONLANG] Nova Scriptio [was: Novus; was; capitolisation]


> I deeply appreciate the thorough conhistorical explanation regarding the > Celtic Church. > I would say it is quite plausible enough for conlanging purposes. On the > Bull Laudabiliter conveying control of Ireland to Henry II, my impression
is that
> by that time the power of the church to transfer sovereignties was not
based
> so much on the Donation of Constantine as it was on the position that the > pope, as the true spiritual ruler, was superior to *all* worldly rulers > (regardless of whether they were within the former Roman Empire) because
the spiritual
> was inherently superior to the mundane. > John Leland >