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Roman Catholic theological term for the content and truths of the Faith or "the deposit of the Faith", contrasted with fides qua creditur, which is the personal faith by which the Faith is believed; see previous phrase fides quaerens intellectum: faith seeking understanding: motto of St. Anselm; Proslogion: fidus Achates: faithful Achates
literally translated means 'with a strong hand', often quoted as 'by strength of hand' Motto of the Clan McKay manu militari: with a military hand: Using armed forces in order to achieve a goal manu propria (m.p.) with one's own hand: With the implication of "signed by one's hand".
Roman Peace: period of relative prosperity and lack of conflict in the early Roman Empire: Pax Sinica: Chinese Peace: period of peace in East Asia during times of strong Chinese hegemony: pax tecum: peace be with you (singular) Pax tibi, Marce, Evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum. Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist. Here will rest your ...
The ancient Roman custom by which it was pretended that disgraced Romans, especially former emperors, never existed, by eliminating all records and likenesses of them. damnum absque injuria: damage without injury: Meaning a loss that results from no one's wrongdoing.
An exhortation to Satan to be gone, often a Roman Catholic response to temptation. From a popular Medieval Roman Catholic exorcism formula, derived from the rebuke of Jesus Christ to St. Peter, as quoted in the Vulgate, Mark 8:33: vade retro me Satana ("get behind Me, Satan"). [3] The phrase "vade retro" ("go back") is also in Terence's Formio ...
Quotes about strength “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.” — Mark Twain “The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty ...
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Calcium is a binding agent in Roman concrete, which makes it remarkably strong. Figuring out where it came from was the key to solving this architectural mystery.