 Kilvington repeatedly cites the opinions of Augustine and Anselm, which he usually accepts completely, only sometimes reinterpreting them according to his theory. For Kilvington, however, the greatest authority is John Duns Scotus, whose views he fully accepts and successfully develops. First of all, Kilvington adopts Scotus’s distinction (Ord. I, d. 44, q. u.) between the absolute and ordained power of God: