Secular arm
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secular-arm-247-11531395
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Secular arm
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Secular arm, in ecclesiastical law, refers to the legal authority of the civil power, the State, or any lay authority, invoked by the Church to punish offenders in cases properly belonging to the jurisdiction of the Church. This was considered the remedy in cases where excommunication was deemed insufficient and that sterner measures were required to secure obedience to the law. The secular arm as a means by which lay power intervenes in ecclesiastical cases had two types: sought and unsought by
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