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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 ...
the faith which is believed: 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 ...
Legal term derived from fides ("faith"), originating at least from Medieval Latin to denote a statement under oath. age quod agis: do what you do: i.e., "do what you are doing," or "do well whatever you do." Figuratively, it means "keep going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do so."
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Keeper of the faith: I will keep the faith. serviam: I will serve: The answer of St. Michael the Archangel to the non serviam, "I will not serve" of Satan, when the angels were tested by God on whether they will serve an inferior being, a man, Jesus, as their Lord. servus servorum Dei: servant of the servants of God: A title for the Pope ...
common Catholic edict and motto of a Catholic private school, Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana Magna Carta: Great Charter: Set of documents from 1215 between Pope Innocent III, King John of England, and English barons. magna cum laude: with great praise: Common Latin honor, above cum laude and below summa cum laude: magna di curant ...
In Roman Catholic ecclesiology, doctrinal matters are ultimately decided by the Vatican. Romanes eunt domus: People called Romans they go the house: An intentionally garbled Latin phrase from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Its intended meaning is "Romans, go home!", in Latin Romani ite domum. rorate coeli: drop down ye heavens: a.k.a. The Advent ...
Latin name of the Octave of Easter in the Roman Catholic liturgy. Dominus fortitudo nostra: The Lord is our strength: Motto of the Southland College, Philippines. Psalm 28, 8. Dominus illuminatio mea: The Lord is my light: Motto of the University of Oxford, England. Psalm 27, 1. Dominus pastor: The Lord is [our] shepherd