subordination, n.Definitions

Subordination (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what one cannot overcome even where it is most blatant — the mere presence of the superior makes it evident.

Subordination (n.) precedes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the call: to be named one must already be ready to be compelled — already claimed by the voice, already subordinate to the authority one later yields to.

Subordination (n.) will ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠soon seem as unbelievable as Jesuit discipline: its root — belief in unconditional authority and definitive truth — is dying, and the world will be the poorer.