Masmid, 1934, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Masmid, 1934, Vol. 1 It must be realized that for Maimonides no conflict between Church and State such as ihat predominant in the Christian world could exist. The struggle for power between these two groups, long a tremendous force in the molding of history, has always been occasioned by the attempt of one to dominate the Other. In medieval Europe, the Church, though rightfully having dominion only over ecclesiastical matters, was convinced that the needs of the soul, to which it ministered, were of far vaster importance than concerns of the body, and attempted to clothe itself in the garb of temporal authority. Our modern day has witnessed many presumptions on the part of the State who, feeling that spiritual regards have been relegated to the background, has sought to extend its sphere of dominance into the religious life of its in habitants. But to Maimonides, State and Church in the narrower connotations of these terms did nor exist. 'there could be no basis for con¿ict over the question of priority for every aspect Of Judaism - economic, religious, and moral - is an equally important and integral factor in the Divine system of life. Judaism is a totality, a system of life, an harmonious blending of all aspects Of man's personality. Each streamlet con tributes to swell the river of life as it ¿ows majestically onwards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.