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Insofar as x is a source of Christian religious authority (secondary, primary, or primal) authorizing the self-understanding of faith as such, x functions as a source of executive (or executive-performative) authority, such as is exercised paradigmatically by the direct witness of proclamation, through either preaching the word or administering the sacraments. On the other hand, insofar as x is a source of Christian religious authority (again, secondary, primary, or primal) authorizing the understanding of human existence that faith as such necessarily implies, x functions as a source of nonexecutive (i.e., epistemic/exemplary) authority, such as is exercised paradigmatically by the indirect witness of teaching by precept or example, be it instruction in the meaning of faith or instruction in the things that are to be believed (credenda) and the things that are to be done (agenda) if one is to continue in faith.

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