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POTESTAS, civil law. A Latin word which signifies power; authority; domination; empire. It has several meaning. 1. It signifies imperium, or the jurisdiction of magistrates. 2. The power of the father over his children, patriapotestas. 3. The authority of masters over their slaves, which makes it nearly synonymous with dominium. See Inst. 1, 9, et 12; Dig. 2, 1, 13, 1; Id. 14, 1; Id. 14, 4, 1, 4.

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While this distinction did not subordinate secular authority to papal potestas, it did acknowledge--at least in principle--that legitimate political authority is limited authority. The Jesuits and political power by Vella, John M. / Modern Age Paul of Tarsus Between the Jesus Tradition and "Patria Potestas. Correction by Biblical Theology Bulletin Not surprisingly, Grotius, the Remonstrant, opposed the political interference of the Reformed church, and his De imperio, like its predecessors Ordinum pietas (published in 1613) and Tractatus de iure magistratuum circa ecclesiastica (completed in 1614 but never published), argued that the summa potestas, the supreme power or civil state, enjoyed ultimate authority in religious matters. Harm-Jan van Dam, trans. Hugo Grotius: De imperio summarum potestatum ... by Pabel, Hilmar M. / Renaissance Quarterly More results

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While this distinction did not subordinate secular authority to papal potestas, it did acknowledge--at least in principle--that legitimate political authority is limited authority.

The Jesuits and political power by Vella, John M. / Modern Age

Paul of Tarsus Between the Jesus Tradition and "Patria Potestas.

Correction by Biblical Theology Bulletin

Not surprisingly, Grotius, the Remonstrant, opposed the political interference of the Reformed church, and his De imperio, like its predecessors Ordinum pietas (published in 1613) and Tractatus de iure magistratuum circa ecclesiastica (completed in 1614 but never published), argued that the summa potestas, the supreme power or civil state, enjoyed ultimate authority in religious matters.

Harm-Jan van Dam, trans. Hugo Grotius: De imperio summarum potestatum ... by Pabel, Hilmar M. / Renaissance Quarterly

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