Word: ordinem
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...quid eos fortasse reprehensibiliter vident"; in hasty translation "subjects must be admonished not to judge rashly of the conduct of their rulers, even if they see them, by chance, acting reprehensibly." In Ambrosiaster's "Quaestiones Veteris et Novi Testamenti", XXXV, the ruler "Honorandusest, si non propter se, vel propter ordinem"; "he must be honored, if not for himself, then for his position." And so it goes, everywhere in the standard ecclesiastical commentary on the Old Testament, as well as in the Old Testament itself, this same submission to the ruler is ordained...
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