Joseph de Maistre. (№ 417188)

Peter III took possession of the property of the clergy. In the corresponding preamble of the predatory decree it was said that the fulfillment of the spiritual duties of the Church, whose kingdom is not of this world, should not interfere with the management of earthly goods, etc. Thirty years later, the same was said in another country, and this will always be repeated wherever they wish to do something similar.