Gelasian dyarchy
Gelasian dyarchy noun: the doctrine, traced back to Pope Gelasius I, that there are two authorities governing human affairs, the spiritual authority of the church and the temporal authority of the empire or secular government.
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Gelasian dyarchy (uncountable)
- The doctrine, traced back to Pope Gelasius I, that there are two authorities governing human affairs, the spiritual authority of the church and the temporal authority of the empire or secular government.
- Father Murray is concerned to restate the Gelasian dyarchy in democratic terms.1953, Religion in Life, volume 23, page 178
- Between secularists and anticlericals who would subject the Church to the state or entirely separate the institutions, and fanatical medievalists and curialists who would, against all reasonable hope, cling to their own inaccurate versions of theocracy, the pope steered a middle course that...1962, Newman C. Eberhardt, A Summary of Catholic History, volume 2, page 161
- Synonyms:
- Gelasian dualism
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Questions about Gelasian dyarchy
- What does Gelasian dyarchy mean?
- Gelasian dyarchy means the doctrine, traced back to Pope Gelasius I, that there are two authorities governing human affairs, the spiritual authority of the church and the temporal authority of the empire or secular government.
- What part of speech is Gelasian dyarchy?
- Gelasian dyarchy is a noun.
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