About the book: year / "The struggle between the church and the state is nowhere as acute as in Catholic countries. There are many reasons for this. The Catholic Church is an international institution not only in idea, but also in re. She still has a single head, embodying her aspirations and claims. With particular determination, she developed and supports the doctrine of the primacy of spiritual power over secular power, etc. In the historical course of events, victory always remains on the side of the state. Step by step, century after century, it displaces the church from all areas of political life. Of the two swords that Boniface VIII once spoke of and which both had to be directed by a single will, only one remains, and that one is not in the hands of the church…»