---
title: 'Shall the Keys or the Sceptre Rule in Germany?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Charles Adamson Salmond'
date: 1878-03-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Roman Catholic History'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Matthew 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/salmond-1878-shall-the-keys-or-the-sceptre-rule-in-germany
---

# Shall the Keys or the Sceptre Rule in Germany?

Examines the 19th-century clash between Papal (Ultramontane) claims and German state power, arguing Bismarck’s measures defend civil liberty against papal encroachment.

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