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The act was called adoptio when the person being adopted, who could be male or female, was previously in the patria potestas of another; when, however, the male being adopted was himself not under paternal power sui iuris or even a paterfamilias himself, it was called adrogatio.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Some of the passages still remain, in spite of Alcuin's suggestion that the original and proper readings must have been assumptio and assumptus, not adoptio and adoptatus (or adopticus); but they all can bear an orthodox explanation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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When she spoke of “adoptio” by God, or of “participatio dei,” for example, although a spiritual relationship continued to be understood, yet its basis and reality lay in a sacramental renewal of the physical nature: “Non ab initio dii facti sumus; sed primo quidem homines, tunc demum dii” (We were not made gods at first; at first we were men, thereafter we became gods at length).
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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This statement, which, like the numerous others where Irenæus speaks of the adoptio, is opposed to moralism, reminds us of Augustine.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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They will have cats and kittens available for adoptio, and discuss how their program works.
PaloAltoOnline.com 2010
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They will have cats and kittens available for adoptio, and discuss how their program works.
PaloAltoOnline.com 2010
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Otherwifc as cftrangmge fiom God is eternall death, fo when man is rcceiued of God into fauovir, rhat he may enioy thecommunicatinge of him & be made one wuh him, he is receiued from death ro life. which is done by rhe beneficial meane f adoptio only.
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