 The divine command themes so prominent in Ockham’s ethics are much more muted in his political theory, which on the contrary tends to be far more “natural” and  “secular.”[53]  As sketched  above,  Ockham’s political writings began at Avignon with a discussion of the issue of poverty. But later on the issues were generalized to include church/state relations more broadly. He was one of the first medieval authors to advocate a form of church/state separation, and was important for the early development of the notion of property rights.