Gelasian dyarchy

English Alternative forms en Gelasian diarchy Noun - en Roman Catholicism politics The doctrine, traced back to Pope Gelasius I, that there are two authorities governing human affairs, the spiritual authority of the church and the temporal authority of the empire or secular government. en 1953 Religion in Life 23 178 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5NQSAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Gelasian+dyarchy%22 Father Murray is concerned to restate the Gelasian dyarchy in democratic terms. en 1962 Newman C. Eberhardt A Summary of Catholic History 2 161 Between secularists and anticlericals who would subject the Church to the state or entirely separate the institutions, and fanatical medievalists and curialists who would, against all reasonable hope, cling to their own inaccurate versions of theocracy, the pope steered a middle course that recalled the Gelasian dyarchy. en 2004 Robert Anthony Krieg Robert Krieg Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany 18 9781441191205 Determining the popes’ view of the relationship between church and state was their interpretation of “the Gelasian dyarchy,” the ancient papal teaching that “this world is ruled by two powers.” Synonyms en Gelasian dualism Related terms en two swords Further reading Famuli vestrae pietatis en eponyms