11572021 ‘Cases of Conscience Concerning Jeanne Albret Cases of Conscience Concerning Jeanne d'Albret Luther Quest Discussion Group: General Discussions: Cases of Conscience Concerning Jeanne d'Albret Posted by Juan Jeanniton (Casusconscientiae) on Monday, March 15, 2021 - 2:17 pm: Introduction (CONTINUED) - Something more ought to be said about the civil, juridical, and political polity of the petty kingdom of Navarre. The following evidence shows plainly that it was a constitutional and parliamentary monarchy, not an absolute monarchy. https://theonomyresources, blogspot.com/2012/04/ecc lesiastical-ordinances- of-jeanne.html: quote: Theonomy in Bearn: the Ecclesiastical Ordinances [Jeanne d'Albret did not enact these ecclesiastical ordinances unilaterally. A group of trustees of the Estates-General of Bearn had asked the Queen to "redeem the land from idolatry." To achieve this, she mobilized many theologians and jurists, including the pastor of Nicolas Gallars (the Moderator of the National Synod of Bearn) who succeeds to Pierre Viret, and the German prince Louis of Nassau. The Synod provided a commission on matrimonial affairs and the Estates General (with the help of a pastoral committee) determined the clauses concerning church property. ] [Even if the Ordinances officially only concerned Bearn, they were probably also applied in their entirety in “independent” Navarre: administratively, Navarre seems to have merged with Bearn, and the Reformed Church of both principalities formed a single body. Also, the provisions which did not necessarily imply the exclusion of Catholics were probably applied in the other territories of Jeanne d'Albret. ] [J The text is impressive; it cuts by its length [and its theological & legal systematization] with the previous. It begins with a preamble followed by the Confession of La Rochelle. The first ten articles expose the principles of faith and the organization of the Reformed worship, from the 11th to 21st are defined ecclesiastical institutions, presbyteries, presbytery, synods, from the 22nd through the 33rd are regulated the management of ecclesiastical property, in the 34th to the 67th is created a Protestant marriage legislation; from the 68th to the 77th are enacted some rules of public morality ww lutherquestorgleg-bineiscus40fooard-admin.cg!?acton=quckdo=prinf&HTTP_REFERER19/132536&postindox=311178 4211572021 Cases of Conscience Concerning Jeanne a'Alret LJ The Ordinances [...] were given at Pau on November 26, 1571. The Ordinances define precisely the part of the political and that of the ecclesiastical. A regulation of marriage and of its "dependencies" (adultery, betrothal, separation) which, with its thirty three articles, occupies the most important place, allows to define new rules [...] “according to the word of God and the content of our laws.” The exercise of censorship powers and especially of excommunication is recognized in the new church. The text finally established a separation of church property and state property. This is a protectorate which gives a large share of autonomy to a church that is better managed than in the French Presbyterian system. Ll This support by the civil power also appears in the Ordinances articles of on morality. Public order is a Protestant order, Calvinist, which combines a system of double prohibition and double penalty, civil and ecclesiastical. [We must see in this] the cooperation between the two powers towards the same goal [J The Bearnes sovereign, as the king of Navarre, reigns according to a Foral tradition, that is to say, a regime of contractual type in which the Assembly of the Estates, held annually, plays a crucial administrative role. In Bearn, the renovated For of Henry II [in 1551] recalls the mythical origin of a monarchy chosen by her subjects. It provides that on his accession, the sovereign makes the OATH to the barons and to all the inhabitants of Bearn to be their faithful lord, to DELIVER JUSTICE, not to harm them, and maintain the Fors, privileges and freedoms. The Bearnese sovereigns are therefore used to governing civilly with a representative assembly annually assembled. The administrative organization of Bearn therefore takes a new face with two representative assemblies [...] These assemblies [Estates- General and Synod] are governed by constitutional texts, make regulations and keep corpuses of proceedings. They have authority over the territory [...] FINIS ww lutherquestorgleg-bineiscus40fooard-admin.cg!?acton=quckdo=prinf&HTTP_REFERER19/132536&postindox=311178 22