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The potestas ordinis of the bishop is not peculiar to the Roman Church, and, in general, is claimed by all bishops, whether Oriental or Anglican, belonging to churches which have retained the Catholic tradition in this respect.
He cannot, however, exercise the functions proper to the episcopal order (potestas ordinis) until his consecration, which ordinarily takes place within three months of his confirmation.
In the Orthodox Church of the East and the various communions springing from it, the potestas ordinis of the bishop is the same as in the Western Church.
In the Church of England the potestas ordinis is conferred by consecration.
Henry's was only a potestas jurisdictionis not a potestas ordinis (see Makower, Const.
But it should be noticed that what he did claim was, to use the terms of canon law, the potestas jurisdictionis, not the potestas ordinis; he never asserted his right to ordain or to control the sacraments.
Libertas est potestas faciendi id quod jure licet=--Liberty consists in the power of doing what the law permits.
The powers of the tribunes--had been fully restored --Tribunicia potestas restituta.
Among the Romans the existence of the patria potestas gave a peculiar significance to the custom of adoption.
Feed My sheep,” such pre-eminence is given in the potestas regiminis.
In this passage therefore no pre-eminence is given to Peter over the other apostles in the potestas ordinis, but by the injunction of John xx.
It was one of the Roman laws of the twelve tables, Vendendi filium patri potestas esto.
Footnote 102: See the patriapotestas in the Institutes, (l.
Potestas (or any analogous legal factor) may be a constituent element of kinship in certain societies.
This definition is both negative and ambiguous, excluding elements of consanguinity from potestas and assigning to the latter "various historic roots.
Most readers are naturally unaware of the sense attached in canon law and the language of the Curia to the words, "potestas immediata et ordinaria.
To the best of my belief Tertullian was the first who definitely regarded ascetic performances as propitiatory offerings and ascribed to them the "potestas reconciliandi iratum deum.
On Lucca's side mention is also made of the "bonos viros lucensis civitatis, si Consules vel Rector aut Potestas ibi non fuerint.
Count Guidi "defendit ipsum monasterium [of Rosano] a Teutonicis et a Renuccio de Stagia, quando eratPotestas Florentinorum, et a Consulibus Florentinis.
One witness tells us that in his day he saw a certain Pipino, Potestas Florentiae, holding sway there, and over all the rest of the Florentine contado.
We now find, in fact, continual mention of the Potestas Florentiae and Florentinorum, and of the same dignitaries in Sienna, Arezzo, and many other towns.
But from the undisputed existence of patria potestas no similar inference can be drawn.
On the whole, therefore, it may be said that no questions of potestas seem to have exercised any influence in bringing about the transition from matrilineal to patrilineal descent.
Powell has already described the transition from matria potestas to patriapotestas among the Pueblo peoples.
In Australia, as we have seen, the change from matria to patria potestas had but little influence in bringing about a change in the rule of descent.
Questions of potestas naturally range themselves under more than one head.
The influence of the father's brother is not necessarily a mark of patrilineal tendencies, except in so far as all patria potestas is such.
Nec in hoc pape potuit in aliquo prejudicari in facienda declaracione, maxime cum apud eum resideat plena potestas et auctoritas tocius ecclesie gubernande.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "potestas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
