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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political theory > medieval political thought > hierocratic arguments

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hierocratic arguments  

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  • Hierocratic political theory covers questions of papal sovereignty, the relationship between spiritual and temporal powers, and the legitimacy of absolutist papal monarchy. At their most extreme, hierocratic arguments give the pope supreme political and spiritual authority as God's direct representative on earth. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Hierocratic Arguments]

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