Which of the following is NOT true of Marsilius of Padua? Select one: a. He advocated lay sovereignty within the Church. b. He asserted that only coercive power gives meaning to law. c. He claimed that the Church is entirely subject to the sovereign will of the state. d. He defended papal authority against the rising power of laymen. e. He claimed that Church laws are not binding because they are not supported by any coercive power.

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Julien Haynes

6 June, 17:23

Which of the following is NOT true of Marsilius of Padua? Select one: a. He advocated lay sovereignty within the Church. b. He asserted that only coercive power gives meaning to law. c. He claimed that the Church is entirely subject to the sovereign will of the state. d. He defended papal authority against the rising power of laymen. e. He claimed that Church laws are not binding because they are not supported by any coercive power.

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Denisse Whitaker · Answer 1

d. He defended papal authority against the rising power of laymen.

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Marsilius of Padua (1280-1343) was a distinguished thinker and philosopher of the Middle Ages. He wrote the treatise Defensor Pacis, a major work of medieval political science. In Italy, he associated with the anti-papal Ghibellines. Among his arguments, the work holds that the unity of the state must be preserved by limiting the powers of the church hierachy. The source of all political power and the law is the people, who have the right to choose their ruler, he believed.