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His "obsequium" would naturally lead to his ceasing to reside, and so vacate his (p. 074) fellowship, and his acceptance of a benefice over a certain value brought about the same result.
Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait
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He might betake himself to some "obsequium," and rise high in the service of the king, or of some great baron or bishop, and become, like one of
Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait
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It does not require absolute assent as an article of faith does, as in you can't question it in any way, but it does require obsequium religiosum, that is religious assent.
Archive 2009-08-01 John M 2009
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Secondly, it is on faith and morals which we are required to render obsequium religiosum to the Pope when he teaches the whole Church using the ordinary magisterium.
Archive 2009-08-01 John M 2009
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In 1917, Pope Benedict XV wrote to the General of the Jesuits, Fr Vladimir Ledochowski saying that he had judged rightly in saying that there was no obligation imposed of holding all of the theses, and that if the Jesuits were to dispute various customarily disputed questions they should not fear that by doing so they were giving less than proper obsequium to the Roman Pontiff.
The Society of Scholastics -- online courses about to start 2009
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Their essential nature is pointed out by the great Archbishop Hincmar as the obsequium religionis, which means prayer coupled with every exercise of charity.
The Social Order Before and After the Protestant Reformation 2007
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Aust.l. 1. in Gen. Jumenti & servi tui obsequium rigide postulas, et tu nullum praestas aliis, nec ipsi Deo.
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Peripatetics, which though I recite, in obsequium Christianae fidei detestor, as I am a
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Now as a merely empirical judgment, that statement does not call for the assent of faith, only for religiousum obsequium.
Archive 2005-10-01 Mike L 2005
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Now as a merely empirical judgment, that statement does not call for the assent of faith, only for religiousum obsequium.
Syndrome thinking Mike L 2005
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