“Every family debt was erased. The old life was gone as if…” — Mountainview Church Audio at 13:17
“Every family debt was erased. The old life was gone as if it never existed. Roman law called this transfer of authority patria potestas. Adoption transferred a son from the potestas, the authority, of one father to another. And the adopted person was taken into the new family and had the same rights as the natural…”
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