[Salvation]

DESPOTISM

In scholastic philosophy a rule that is exercised like that of a tyrant, either for the sake of the ruler or at least arbitrarily and without due regard for the rights of those governed. (Etym. Latin despoticus, imperious, despotic; from Greek despot_s, a master.)

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

[Lera]

I know what it means.
You need to post that to all the Catholics that don’t know what it means and voted for the horror their blue districts elected because they wanted free medical care that will now result in more babies being put to death before they even take a breath of life and more elderly receiving heavy sedating pain medication instead of treatment

[Quix]

DESPOTISM
In scholastic philosophy a rule that is exercised like that of a tyrant, either for the sake of the ruler or at least arbitrarily and without due regard for the rights of those governed. (Etym. Latin despoticus, imperious, despotic; from Greek despot_s, a master.)

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.



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THANKS!

That's a great description of a persistent attitude, stance, set of behaviors demonstrated persistently, if not relentlessly by quite a number of RC's on FR.