Johannis Wyclif Tractatus De Potestate Pape Now First Edited From The Mss With Critical And Historical Notes By Johann Loserth

Author : John Wycliffe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332716336
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Johannis Wyclif Tractatus De Potestate Pape written by John Wycliffe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Johannis Wyclif Tractatus De Potestate Pape: Now First Edited From the Manuscripts, With Critical and Historical Notes What is Power? According to Aristotle, it is the principle of movement, of production and destruction; it is either increate, an attribute of Grod alone, and as such infinite and eternal; or created in time and either spiritual or material. Spiritual power, given to the creature, is indeed permanent and in destructible, but may be limited in its action. Material power may be gained or lost. Another kind of power is the capacity of any creature to be influenced from without; and therefore there must be, not only active, but passive power. A third kind is the capacity of doing a thing aright: this is either internal or external. In man, according to Anselm, it is called free-will, which may be either totally or only in part lost by sin. Finally, power may be an acquired capacity to produce an alteration in another subject. In man, it is either supernatural. And designed for the utility of the Church, or political and intended to resist the enemies of the Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.