CHAP. PAGE I.--Introduction 211 II.--That which God wills in human society is to be held as Right 213 III.--It was fitting for the Romans, as being the noblest nation, to be preferred before all others 216 IV.--The Roman Empire was helped by miracles, and therefore was willed by God 220 V.--The Romans, in bringing the world into subjection, aimed at the good of the state, and therefore at the end of Right 223 VI.--All men, who aim at Right, walk according to Right 229 VII.--The Romans were ordained for empire by Nature 232 VIII.--The judgment of God showed that empire fell to the lot of the Romans 235 IX.--The Romans prevailed when all nations were striving for empire 239 X.--What is acquired by single combat is acquired as of Right 243 XI.--The single combats of Rome 247 XII.--Christ, by being born, proves to us that the authority of the Roman Empire was just 250 XIII.--Christ, by dying, confirmed the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire over all mankind 253 BOOK III. WHETHER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MONARCH COMES DIRECTLY FROM GOD, OR FROM SOME VICAR OF GOD? CHAP. PAGE I.--Introduction 256 II.--God wills not that which is repugnant to the intention of Nature 257 III.--Of the three classes of our opponents, and of the too great authority which many ascribe to tradition 259 IV.--The argument drawn by our opponents from the sun and the moon 264 V.--The argument drawn from the precedence of Levi over Judah 270 VI.--The argument drawn from the crowning and deposition of Saul by Samuel 271 VII.--The argument drawn from the oblation of the Magi 273 VIII.--The argument drawn from the power of the keys given to Peter 275 IX.--The argument drawn from the two swords 278 X.--The argument drawn from the donation of Constantine 282 XI.--The argument drawn from the summoning of Charles the Great by Pope Hadrian 287