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''The Obedience of a Christen man, and how Christen rulers ought to govern, wherein also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty convience of all iugglers.'' is a 1528 book by the English Protestant author William Tyndale. Its title is now commonly modernized in its spelling and abbreviated to ''The Obedience of a Christian Man''. It was first published by Merten de Keyser in Antwerp, and is best known for advocating that the king of a country was the head of that country's church, rather than the pope, and to be the first instance, in the English language at any rate, of advocating the divine right of kings, a concept mistakenly attributed to the Catholic Church.〔Gerard Wegemer, Thomas More: Portrait of Courage (Scepter, 1998), 131.〕 It is believed that the book greatly influenced Henry VIII of England decision in declaring the Act of Supremacy, by which he became Supreme Head of the Church of England, in 1534.〔J.J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968)〕 Tyndale's opposition to Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon earned him the king's enmity, but when Tyndale was arrested by the Roman Catholic authorities in Antwerp in 1535, Henry's chief minister Thomas Cromwell attempted unsuccessfully to intervene on his behalf. Tyndale was executed for heresy the following year. == The Text == NOTE: All quotes are taken from ''The Obedience of a Christian Man'', Penguin Books, ©2000. ''The Obedience of a Christian Man'' (from here on abbreviated as ''Obedience'') was first printed in Antwerp on October 2, 1528 (viii). Despite being officially banned, ''Obedience'' was still widely read throughout England and, later on, was even mentioned in the works of Shakespeare (xxvii). Henry VIII’s mistress (and, eventually, his second wife), Anne Boleyn, owned a copy. As Henry was trying to obtain permission from the Pope to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, Anne asked Henry to read ''Obedience''. Afterward, Henry exclaimed, “This is a book for me and all kings to read” (xxiv). ''Obedience'' is divided into five overall sections. The first two are preliminary introductions: the first introduces Tyndale’s central concept of experiencing God through the reading of scripture; the second discusses the church’s disobedience (of God) in teaching ecclesiastical law rather than scripture. The book proper contains three overall topics: God’s laws of obedience, how one should obey and rule in life (addressed to all of English society), and a discussion on the literal interpretation of scripture. Throughout the text, Tyndale also discusses the intrusion into daily life, on both local and national levels by the church and, especially, the Pope, and how the church is actively distorting scripture to fulfill its own needs. The tone of ''Obedience'' is low-key, despite containing radical ideology. For the first time, the concept of the supreme authority of the Bible in church is combined with the supreme authority of the king in state (the latter is what inspired Henry VIII). Interestingly, although Tyndale complains about the lack of scripture in English life, his text features prose inspired by scripture and is abundant with direct quotes and references from the New Testament. He documents the origin of the direct quotes, but not his references, many of which would not have been recognized by the average person who read an original edition of ''Obedience'', then or now. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Obedience of a Christian Man」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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