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A very common theme in medieval thought is the distinction between God's absolute and ordered, or ordained, power (potentia absoluta and potentia ordinata).
Medieval Theories of Causation White, Graham 2009
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God can do nothing de potentia absoluta that He cannot also do de potentia ordinata, since He himself is bound by the order that He has eternally established.
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From this perspective it is easy to understand Henry's reservation over the possibility of distinguishing between potentia ordinata and potentia absoluta in God, a distinction which he is more willing to accept in relation to papal authority (see below, §11).
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The admission of a distinction between potentia ordinata and potentia absoluta in the case of the pope, and the refutation of this distinction in the case of God.
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I barattoli sono utili per tenere ordinata la tua collezione.
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Theological voluntarism hinges on a very sharp distinction between God's "absolute power" (potentia absoluta; 'PA' for short) and his "ordained power" (potentia ordinata; 'PO' for short).
What one finds in the Deus absconditus Mike L 2006
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Theological voluntarism hinges on a very sharp distinction between God's "absolute power" (potentia absoluta; 'PA' for short) and his "ordained power" (potentia ordinata; 'PO' for short).
Archive 2006-10-01 Mike L 2006
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Or there is potentia ordinata where God has decided to covenant with creation and operate in that manner.
Occam's Hammer: Creationist Rhetoric and the Myth of Philosophical Naturalism - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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From a phenomological perspective a naturalistic explanation of something is indistinguishable from potentia ordinata.
Occam's Hammer: Creationist Rhetoric and the Myth of Philosophical Naturalism - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Fortune held sway where there was no virtù ordinata to resist her (Prince, XXV).
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JERROLD E. SEIGEL 1968
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