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  • It is idle to enquire whether the conception of the "sacerdotium" or that of the "sacrificium" was first altered, because they are correlative ideas.] [Footnote 269: See the proof passages in Höfling, l.c., who has also treated in detail Clement and Origen's idea of sacrifice, and cf. the beautiful saying of Irenæus IV.

    History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • The vulgar Latin hath it, regnum sacerdotale, to which agreeth the translation of that place, sacerdotium regale, a regal priesthood; 93 as also the institution itself, by which no man might enter into the sanctum sanctorum, that is to say, no man might enquire God's will immediately of God

    Leviathan 2007

  • The sacerdotium, since it is the instrument of human salvation, was declared superior to the imperium.

    d. The Ostrogoths in Italy 2001

  • He asserted that two powers rule the world, the sacerdotium and the imperium.

    d. The Ostrogoths in Italy 2001

  • In rebus quidem humanis, si id non præstet is pro quo sponsor fidejussit; hic vero propter contrariam causam (nam prior hic locum habere non potest), nempe quatenus ille pro quo spopondit Christus per ipsum Christum promissa sua nobis exhibet; qua in re præcipue Christi sacerdotium continetur

    The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965

  • Credibile est in voce sponsionis sacerdotium quoque Christi intelligi.

    The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965

  • Credibile est in voce sponsionis sacerdotium quoque Christi intelligi.

    The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965

  • _Studium_ may be distinguished from _sacerdotium_ by mediaeval writers; but the students of a mediaeval university are all 'clergy', and the curricula of mediaeval universities are essentially clerical.

    The Unity of Civilization Various

  • Thus there was one society, if there were two orders of ministering agents; and thus, though _regnum_ and _sacerdotium_ might be distinguished, the State and the Church could not be divided.

    The Unity of Civilization Various

  • Hence, again, (2) no distinction of Church and State as two separate societies: these are two separate authorities, _regnum_ and _sacerdotium_, but they govern the same society.

    The Unity of Civilization Various

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