So the union of a universalist religion, with a monarch such as the Roman Empire, who ruled a vast empire, could nonetheless have put an end to any prospect of freedom as in other civilizations.

所以说,若是由信普救说者教会,与罗马帝国为代表的君主政体结盟,便会断送,其他文明中存在的自由前景

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And secondly, that the head of each state would have the right to determine the religion of the state, again thus putting an end to the claims of a single universalist church.

第二，每个国家的首脑,都有权决定,国家的宗教，因此终结了,由一种宗教统治全国的局面。

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