DEDICATION

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...fanaticism original: "fanaticismum." Here meaning a state of being "possessed" or "inspired" in a delusional or dangerous religious sense. briefly before your eyes.

I have dared, most gracious LORD, to inscribe this small labor to Your ILLUSTRIOUS name, and to offer it with fitting submission: partly to congratulate you on your new dignity as the most eminent PRESIDENT in the ecclesiastical senate ecclesiastical senate: "senatu ecclesiastico." A governing council or consistory responsible for managing church affairs and doctrine., and partly to declare my zeal and obedience, which I owe to a Hero of the Gown original: "Togato Heroi." In Roman tradition, the toga was the garment of peace and civil administration, contrasted with the paludamentum (military cloak). By calling the recipient a "Hero of the Gown," the author honors him as a distinguished statesman or civilian leader rather than a soldier.. For although I am suffused with a silent blush to approach you with such a small gift...